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North Carolina’s revolving US Senate seats

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

North 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 1974...

Was Kay Hagan robbed?

by Thomas Mills | Mar 20, 2018 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog | 23 comments

It seems like every shady idea Republicans have to rig elections is tried out in North Carolina first. We had the most extreme gerrymandering in the nation following the reapportionment in 2011. We had the most extreme voter suppression program that “would target...

Failing up

by Thomas Mills | Jan 13, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Redistricting | 29 comments

According to Politico yesterday, “Former Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday officially launched the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, billing it in a speech to the Center for American Progress Action Fund as the center of Democratic rebuilding in the...

The face of the GOP

by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics | 5 comments

North Carolina is different. In 2014, the country as a whole saw the lowest voter turnout in decades. In North Carolina, turnout was about average for a non-presidential year. While a Republican wave washed over the rest of the country, North Carolina Democrats picked...

Field matters

by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics | 4 comments

Hillary Clinton has opened at least 30 field offices in North Carolina. Donald Trump has not opened any. Republicans downplay the discrepancy by saying they’ve been knocking on doors and making calls and don’t need bricks-and-mortar space. According to one reporter,...