by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 19, 2019 | Politics
ShareDemocrats continued to build momentum this month with victories in Kentucky and Louisiana. Both candidates for governor, the winning Democrats, Andy Beshear and John Bel Edwards, defeated their Republican opponents by running on centrist platforms. The elections...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 14, 2019 | Politics
ShareThree years ago, in the fateful 2016 election, the Democratic Party lost North Carolina despite what seemed to be strong trends in their favor. No election result can be reduced to a single cause, but if one factor stood out as preeminent, turnout was it....
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 13, 2019 | Politics
ShareIt’s not an original observation that political competition in North Carolina is intense. For the last decade, and to some extent even the last century, our state has seen hard-fought races up and down the ballot. Richard Burr’s victories have stood...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 10, 2019 | Politics
ShareThe villains of the 1898 Wilmington race riot are well known. A column of well armed white supremacists marched on the city and, spreading a path of destruction their wake, overthrew an American government for the first and only time in history. In our memory of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 30, 2019 | Politics
ShareSo far, the Republican primary for governor has looked like a case of believing one’s own spin. GOP establishment figures have rallied to Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest as their standard bearer, apparently believing that he occupies the mainstream space in...
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