Civitas poll shows evenly divided state with Tillis in trouble

by Thomas Mills | June 20, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Civitas has a poll out that should give Republicans in North Carolina a bit of relief. It’s not enough to jump for joy, but it’s a lot better than other polls that have come out recently. Roy Cooper is still popular and the favorite to win re-election and Thom Tillis...

Daily Perspective: June 19

by Kirk Kovach | Jun 19, 2019 | PODCAST | 0 Comments

Though Eric Mansfield and Cal Cunningham are making the biggest splash, today we examine two other candidates in the Democratic primary who have been running for a few months now: Erica Smith and Trevor Fuller, and what it takes for them to compete in a statewide...

Fuller and Smith: What it takes to break through

by Thomas Mills | Jun 19, 2019 | Politics | 0 Comments

This week, former state senators Cal Cunningham and Eric Mansfield joined sitting state Senator Erica Smith and Mecklenburg County Commissioner Trevor Fuller as candidates for US Senate. Both Fuller and Smith have been in the race since January. Neither, though, has...

Daily Perspective: June 18

by Kirk Kovach | Jun 18, 2019 | PODCAST | 0 Comments

Today, Eric Mansfield joins Cal Cunningham this week in the Democratic Primary as the field swells to four.

And now Mansfield is in

by Thomas Mills | Jun 18, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

News in the North Carolina Senate race keeps rolling in. Former state Senator Eric Mansfield is officially running for US Senate. Mansfield announced a month or so ago that he was forming an exploratory committee. With Cal Cunningham’s announcement yesterday,...

Daily Perspective: June 17

by Kirk Kovach | Jun 17, 2019 | PODCAST | 0 Comments

Democrats land a high-profile candidate for US Senate as Cal Cunningham switches races from Lt. Gov to US Senate.

Cunningham switches to Senate

by Thomas Mills | Jun 17, 2019 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Former state senator and veteran Cal Cunningham announced he’s switching races today. Cunningham says he's moving from the lieutenant governor’s race to the US Senate race, in part, because he’s heard the request on the campaign trail. As incumbent Republican Thom...

Organizing the South

by Kirk Kovach | Jun 14, 2019 | Issues, The Kovach Corner | 0 Comments

The Southern United States has always been averse to the idea of unionized workforces. At its core, much of that is born out of the agrarian history of the region. From the nation’s inception, the South has been an economy driven by agriculture. In fact, the “peculiar...

Bullock’s coming to NC but not the debates

by Thomas Mills | Jun 14, 2019 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Montana Governor Steve Bullock didn’t make the debates but he’s making it to North Carolina. Bullock will be here two weeks from today for an event hosted by former Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Brad Wilson and his wife Carole. He was one of the last candidates to join...