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Where the Senate Race Stands

by Kirk Kovach | May 28, 2019 | NC Politics, Politics, The Kovach Corner, US Senate

ShareAs it stands now, Democrats need a candidate for US Senate. There have been a few candidates to throw their hat into the race so far, but none of them have the fundraising ability or the institutional support to mount a realistic challenge against the incumbent...

NC GOP Tires of Tillis

by Kirk Kovach | Apr 25, 2019 | 2020 election, NC Senate Races, The Feed, The Kovach Corner

ShareMorning Consult released a poll this morning that showed Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina hemorrhaging support from members of his own party. In February, Senator Tillis publicly opposed President Trump’s national emergency over the border...

North Carolina’s revolving US Senate seats

by Thomas Mills | Apr 1, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics

ShareNorth Carolina has a long history of revolving US Senate seats. The seat Sen. Thom Tillis holds has flipped every cycle since Jesse Helms gave it up in 2002. The other Senate seat, the one Richard Burr holds, had flipped every cycle since Sam Ervin retired in...

Still struggling

by Thomas Mills | Mar 11, 2019 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics

ShareLast week, the News & Observer noted what most middle-class North Carolinians know is true. Our economy may be better than it was when the Great Recession left us with almost 10% unemployment but it’s not the powerhouse that Republicans promised they’d...

Watch the freshmen

by Thomas Mills | Jan 31, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA

ShareBack in 1994, Republicans steamrolled Democrats and ushered in a new class of freshmen legislators in North Carolina and Congress. With their victory, that freshman class completed the Reagan Revolution and changed politics in Washington and Raleigh. This year,...

Scandals and cronyism as the legislature begins

by Thomas Mills | Jan 25, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics

ShareWe’ve had election fraud in the form of unprecedented gerrymandering that’s left us voting in different Congressional, legislative and even municipal district multiple during the decade since the GOP took power. We’ve had power grabs designed to concentrate power...