by Thomas Mills | Mar 19, 2018 | Bitzer, Editor's Blog, Politics
When I started working in politics in North Carolina about 25 years ago, we had two main metrics to determine whether districts were competitive or not: party registration and race. While both factors still matter, the state is changing and how we identify competitive...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 2, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
(Full disclosure: I work with the Romley for Congress campaign. That said, I’m sure Ken Romley is the best candidate to compete with George Holding in November.) End-of-the-year finance reports are out for Congressional campaigns. In North Carolina’s 2nd...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 4, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Congressional Races, Editor's Blog |
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...
by Thomas Mills | May 13, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Keith Crisco was the last of a breed. He was a businessman who made his money the old fashioned way–by making stuff and selling it. He stayed in textiles when most the plants had long been shuttered and moved overseas. And he was a Democrat. He believed that...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 21, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Congressional Races, Democrats, NC Politics |
Last week, here on PoliticsNC, Matt Phillippi made the case that Democrat Keith Crisco is the better candidate to face Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers in the race for North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Matt argues that Crisco can pull moderate to...
GET UPDATES
Get the latest posts from PoliticsNC delivered right to your inbox!
You have Successfully Subscribed!