The new redistricted congressional and legislative maps passed by our legislature are not surprising to those who have followed this hyper partisan General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 1:50 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Chris Cooper, professor of political science at Western Carolina University, analyzes the early work of the 2023 N.C. General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The news of Rep. Tricia Cotham, Mecklenburg County, changing her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican has sent shockwaves throughout the North Carolina politics, even making national headlines.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 3:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At an event Thursday, N.C. Governor Roy Cooper declined to endorse Josh Stein, N.C.’s current attorney general who launched his candidacy for governor earlier this week.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 1:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein officially kicked off the state’s 2024 race for governor Wednesday morning throwing his hat in the ring by tweeting out a video that takes aim squarely at N.C.’s current lieutenant governor, and possible opponent, Mark Robinson.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this month, state Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, was elected to serve as the new U.S. congressman for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, but the departing congressman, Madison Cawthorn, still has a few weeks left in his term.
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 5:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Three recent polls have put Republican Ted Budd ahead of Democrat Cheri Beasley as the race for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat enters the homestretch.
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 7:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Getting Ted Budd to the U.S. Senate appears to be a top priority for national Republicans. In campaign spending reports out Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund PAC spent more than $3.4 million in ads for the North Carolina congressman this week.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 10:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Budd is polling slightly ahead of Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley, according to a new Civitas poll of general election voters.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is among the top 10 Democrats named in The Washington Post’s quarterly Democratic presidential candidate ranking for 2024 released on April 16.
Published: Sunday, April 24th, 2022 @ 9:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Joe Biden is fleeing the Beltway again this week to head to North Carolina, where he is significantly underwater. This comes after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reported the highest rate of inflation since 1981 and has had an adverse impact on North Carolinians.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 1:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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How could I have not known that Lonesome Dove would arguably be the greatest pure Western of all time?
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 6:04 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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One day after Carolina Journal first broke the news, North Carolina’s westernmost member of the U.S. House, Congressman Madison Cawthorn, confirmed via video in a tweet he will run in a different congressional district than the one he currently represents.
Published: Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 @ 5:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed more legislation than all other North Carolina governors combined.
Published: Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 @ 6:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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55% of N.C. voters think the nation is headed in the wrong direction, while 39% think we are on the right path.
Published: Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 @ 12:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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30 days out from North Carolina’s 2020 elections we now have greater perspective on what happened.
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The early returns are in. So far, Chief Justice Cheri Beasley’s election protests have flopped.
Published: Friday, November 27th, 2020 @ 10:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As of November 19, NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley lost her reelection bid to Justice Paul Newby by 406 votes.
Published: Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 @ 10:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a razor-thin lead over President Trump among North Carolina voters, a new poll shows.
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 1:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is breaking voting records already, experts say, with a stunning early turnout far exceeding 2016’s voter record.
Published: Thursday, October 29th, 2020 @ 2:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For the first time in state history, the governor is introducing a budget proposal in August.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2020 @ 10:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Problems with policing and race relations must be dealt with, North Carolina’s leading politicians say.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2020 @ 8:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina grapples with President Trump’s call to pull the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on the moment — using the fight to appeal to their respective bases.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 1:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A handful of House Republicans have introduced a series of bills to limit the governor’s powers in a state of emergency, a move that’s likely to further divide politics in Raleigh, political scientists say.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 @ 3:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dozens of people, including a handful of families, gathering across the street from the Legislative Building, openly violating Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 121 banning gatherings of more than 10 people.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 @ 9:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In politics, timing really is everything.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 9:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While some lawmakers are leaving the General Assembly in 2020, 11 former legislators are aiming for a comeback.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 9:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Twenty-four lawmakers leaving N.C. General Assembly in 2020
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. General Assembly may meet for only one day this week — Tuesday, Jan. 14 — and will potentially hold a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Rep Mark Meadows, an 11th District Republican, has held his seat since 2011, and he chaired the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 @ 8:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union, said he wouldn’t be surprised if a judge orders the state to spend more on education.
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 7:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While a majority of the Democratic caucus was absent, Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 11 called for a vote to override the governor’s budget veto.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 9th Congressional District race, one political expert says, may come down to voters’ perception of which candidate has moved closer to the center.
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 @ 9:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A handful of lawsuits which threatened to upend North Carolina's November elections resolved quietly over the past few days
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 12:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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