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What to watch in 2020

by Kirk Kovach | Jan 1, 2020 | 2020 election, The Kovach Corner

Ever since 2016 at least, politics seems to pervade daily life more than ever before. Tweets and articles and updates on the news are inescapable. Unless you dedicate yourself to the task, it’s nearly impossible to go a day without seeing the current president or one...

Kirk Kovach: Walker v. Tillis would be a primary for the ages

by Kirk Kovach | Dec 4, 2019 | 2020 election, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, North Carolina, The Kovach Corner, US Senate

On the heels of a court decision this week, North Carolina opened filing for congressional races. The decision ended what had been months of speculation about what districts North Carolina would use for its thirteen-member congressional delegation. For the past...

Hypocrisy

by Kirk Kovach | Nov 26, 2019 | The Kovach Corner

In the Carolina Journal, John Hood wrote about the parallels he saw in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump and the pipeline investigation into Roy Cooper. Perhaps it was meant to impugn the governor by comparing him to President Trump and the rampant corruption...

Kirk Kovach: KY, LA victories portend well for Cooper in 2020

by Kirk Kovach | Nov 21, 2019 | 2020 election, 2020 elections, NC Politics, NCGov, Politics, The Kovach Corner

In the past few weeks, Democrats have seen a number of positive outcomes in elections where a typical Republican ought to run away with it. Louisiana, Mississippi and Kentucky each held their gubernatorial contests this year, and all three are states where Donald...

Speaker Moore as UNC System President? Let’s hope not.

by Kirk Kovach | Nov 7, 2019 | The Kovach Corner, UNC

Rumors are par for the course in politics. Often, they’re floated to unsuspecting couriers to sway opinion about this or that issue. They may or may not be true, but the chatter around them gives credence to their message. One such rumor is now making its way around...

AG Stein Joins Needed Probe Into Facebook

by Kirk Kovach | Oct 24, 2019 | The Kovach Corner

It was announced this week that North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein will be part of the leadership team of fellow attorneys general from across the nation that have joined together in a bipartisan investigation into Facebook. It’s high time that Facebook is...