There’s all kinds of national news about how the Democrats are in trouble. North Carolina Democrats — with their bloodthirsty crusade against 100 year old statues and attempts to refight one of the bloodiest eras in our nation’s history —…
Category: NCGOP
#ncga: Twiddy jumps in coastal senate race
Dare County businessman Clark Twiddy is making it official: He is IN the District 1 state Senate race to win. Sources close to Twiddy say that he changed his focus from the 2018 lieutenant governor’s race to the state Senate…
Raleigh throwing fracking under the bus?
It’s looking like quite a bipartisan effort. The North Carolina Oil & Gas Commission is set to finally hold its FIRST meeting ever in Sanford on Wednesday, September 20th. Partially, I’m told, the meeting will deal with ordinances passed…
Dallas and his imagination
Jim Womack is looking like quite the prophet. He told us time and again during his recent run for NCGOP state chairman that Republicans would fall into third place in terms of statewide voter registration by October. Drive by media…
That Duke life flight crash and Bob Steinburg’s windmills
Tragedy struck northeastern North Carolina this week when a Duke life flight helicopter carrying a patient and a full crew went down — with no survivors. You notice something curious when watching video of the crash site. Something that the…
#ncga: Carl Ford swapping House for Senate
We may be losing a conservative champion (Bill Cook) in the North Carolina Senate, but we may be gaining one further out west. North Carolina Rep. Carl Ford (R) confirmed for us on Tuesday that he will forsake a primary…
#ncga: Bob Steinburg, Dem senator give big wet kiss to Big Solar
While on this very site claiming he’s a free-market capitalist NOT in the clutches of the solar goons, The Elizabeth City Daily Advance was publishing a piece co-authored by Rep. Bob Steinburg and Democrat senator Erica Smith-Ingram (Bill Cook’s soon-to-be-senator)…
#ncga: Chris Millis stands down
Coastal North Carolina is losing Bill Cook in the Senate. It looks like the region will also be losing Chris Millis — one of the few conservative champions in the House. Millis published his letter of resignation — effective September…
Live Stream: national Rally Against RINOs
Americans For Limited Government, some friends of this site, are hosting a rally in Pennsylvania today calling out some local Republicans for failing to properly aid the Make American Great Again agenda. We’re told events like this could be popping…
#ncga: Bob Steinburg’s “greatest” hits
Here at The Haymaker, we’re all about making sure folks are well-informed about the folks serving them in Raleigh and DC — as well as those trying to do so. Over in the 1st Senate district, Bill Cook is retiring…