The informal Town Hall scheduled as an opportunity for the public to meet the 2016 Republican Dare County Commissioner Candidates and the NC House District 6 candidate Friday October 14, 2016 from 6 to 7 p.m. will occur as planned
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 9:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The public is invited to meet the Republican Dare County Commissioner Candidates and the NC House District 6 candidate at an informal Town Hall Meeting to be held on Friday October 14, 2016 from 6 to 7 p.m.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2016 @ 12:54 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Paul Tine is now unaffiliated. UN-A-FFIL-I-ATED. Rest easy. Sleep well. Go on about your business. He's courageously gone off all by himself (favoring ObamaCare, opposing school choice, but caucusing with the GOP).
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 12:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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This move was a surprise to me as Tine's opponent in 2012 and 2014.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 5:56 pm
By: Mattie Lawson
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A Democrat named Arthur Williams represented the Outer Banks-centered Sixth District in the North Carolina House from 2003-2011. During that time, he was a good Democrat — a good soldier for then Senate boss Marc Basnight and then-House speaker Jim Black.
Published: Monday, January 12th, 2015 @ 9:43 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On Friday morning September 5th US Congressman Walter Jones released through his chief of staff a resounding endorsement for Mattie Lawson for NC House of Representatives for District 6.
Published: Thursday, September 18th, 2014 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We were heartened by the success of Mattie Lawson in an NC House primary on the Outer Banks, and state Rep. Larry Pittman's reelection victory in Cabarrus County.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Early voting gets started this week. We've got some primaries out there. We also have a lot of folks out there who are unopposed for renomination.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On April 14th Grass Roots North Carolina (GRNC) released recommendations by its political action committee, GRNC-PVF (Political Victory Fund), for NC candidates running in 2014 based on their voting record and responses to a questionnaire.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mattie Lawson, a candidate running for NC House in District 6, has won the endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Following a narrow defeat in her run for NC House Representatives for District 6 in 2012, long-time Republican and Dare County resident Mattie Lawson has maintained an active role in local issues of concern to Eastern North Carolina citizens.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 2:02 am
By: Mattie Lawson
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A long-time Republican, Mattie Lawson has just announced she will file to run for NC House District 6 to strengthen the conservative base in the NC General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 1:31 pm
By: Mattie Lawson
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Last Thursday, July 18, 2013, a rather large delegation of Beaufort County's very best Republicans sojourned to Raleigh to the NC GOP headquarters to meet with recently elected chairman Claude Pope about egregious improprieties foisted upon the local party by the state party.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mattie Lawson, a grassroots advocate for limited government, will not seek the North Carolina GOP Chair to be voted on at the NC GOP Convention.
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 @ 11:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A woman who has a proven record of going nose-to-nose with the Raleigh establishment (and winning) is throwing her hat in the ring for chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I take this opportunity to express my thanks to all of the many people who have worked the last two years to help us promote the agenda of the Republican Party and to bring you up to date on some of the recent history of our County party.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 12:44 pm
By: Buzz Cayton
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When the GOP majority took over the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011, we were promised an end to pay-to-play. Pay-to-play has typically meant the shakedown of lobbyists and other interested parties for campaign donations in exchange for legislative attention to their concerns.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2012 @ 10:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Legislative redistricting in 2011 created a new state House District 6 that left an incumbent from each major party running to serve the same district.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 4:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Popular Majority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Paul "Skip" Stam, will be making an early morning appearance at the Plantation House Restaurant in Washington, NC, Friday September 7th, 2012.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I recently had an eye-opening conversation with an activist who is arguably a mover-and-shaker / household name in Charlotte area Republican politics. This person has been following the drama in the state House District 6 runoff between Mattie Lawson and Arthur Williams.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 1:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In North Carolina, the politician seeking the nomination of their party, by virtue of the primary, must win 40% of the vote in that primary, irrespective of the number of contestants in that race.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 @ 11:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I understand that Rep. Walter Jones has come out to support Arthur Williams in the run-off election for NC House for district 6. I'm sure there is a political reason.
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2012 @ 1:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The run off election from the State primary is now in progress. There are only a hand full of candidates from both the Republican and Democrat tickets.
Published: Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 @ 11:59 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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This District Meeting brought together over 65 movers and shakers attendees of County Chairman, Vice-Chairman, members at large and State Candidates for the 3rd District.
Published: Monday, July 9th, 2012 @ 11:47 am
By: Buzz Cayton
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n other words who is supposed to keep any political party clean of political vermin?
Published: Sunday, July 8th, 2012 @ 12:53 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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