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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 22, 2019 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics
ShareYesterday, the North Carolina GOP held a press conference to announce, “You know all that noise we made about election integrity for the past decade? We were just kidding.” Instead, they’re advocating to seat a candidate who knowingly hired a convicted felon with...
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