by Thomas Mills | Nov 21, 2019 | Politics
ShareRepublicans in Washington are defending one of the most corrupt administrations in US history. In a plea deal, the former chair of the North Carolina Republican Party pled guilty to lying to the FBI in exchange for his continued cooperation. The Republican...
by Kirk Kovach | Nov 20, 2019 | Campaigns, New Day for NC
ShareThe fellow from down east was fed up with his neighbors calling Democrats “socialists.” He fumed, “Some of the people yelling loudest about socialists are the biggest socialists around.” How’s that? “They’re farmers, and they get farm subsidies,...
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 Thomas Mills | Nov 6, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareOn the eve of the Kentucky gubernatorial election, Donald Trump held a rally for Republican Governor Matt Bevin, telling the audience that if Bevin lost it would send “a really bad message to the rest of the country.” Now that message has been...
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