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PAC man

by Thomas Mills | Feb 3, 2016 | Congressional Races, Editor's Blog, NC-08 | 4 comments

Campaign finance reports are out. They’re boring reading for most people but they tell a lot about campaigns. Political insiders use them to help decide which campaigns are competitive and which are not. Watchdog groups use them to see which organizations are paying...

Beating Up on Chickens

by John Wynne | Jan 14, 2016 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics | 3 comments

Jim Duncan, Republican candidate for Congress in the Second District, is out with his first ad of the campaign. It’s a bio/introductory ad, and in it he makes clear that he’s not a fan of chickens – at least the ones in Congress. It’s a...

RINO Renee

by Thomas Mills | Jan 4, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Congressional Races, Editor's Blog | 2 comments

I’m old enough to remember when Rep. Renee Ellmers was a Tea Party darling. She was elected in the 2010 Republican wave that caught Bob Etheridge off guard. She became the nominee by beating more establishment candidates and was given little chance to win. A nasty...

For Congress, Democrats Fill the Ballot

by John Wynne | Dec 22, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics | 5 comments

The filing period is now officially over. First, a look at who filed for U.S. Congress. Some takeaways: *In good news for Democrats, they got a candidate in every U.S. House district (including Thomas Mills in the Eighth). While 10 of the districts are lopsidedly...

The Return of Tim D’Annunzio

by John Wynne | Dec 17, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House | 9 comments

Renee Ellmers is getting yet another challenger in the Second District primary race: Tim D’Annunzio, a businessman who lives in Raeford, just outside the district. He filed his candidacy two days ago. (Congresswoman Ellmers has yet to do so.) Longtime observers...

Jones-Griffin Rematch Heating Up

by John Wynne | Nov 20, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, US House | 4 comments

There’s a rematch coming in the 3rd congressional district. Because the 3rd is strongly Republican-leaning, the real fight is going to be in the primary between incumbent Congressman Walter Jones and challenger Taylor Griffin. Griffin lost a close one two years...