Category: campaign 2026

#NCSEN26: Mr. Brown, going to Washington?

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

A lot of folks are fast-forwarding this US Senate campaign to November 2026. Many folks are saying: “Hey, Whatley is the man. Trump has blessed him. Bring on Cooper.” Lest

#NCSEN26: Poll Time! (Whatley v. Cooper)

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys are already fast-forwarding to the general election for our soon-to-be-vacant US Senate seat. There is STILL a primary to be held in March. Nevertheless, CBS17 out of Raleigh

The Brits & The NRSC fire on Roy Cooper — AND MISS.

Posted on August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The GOP establishment is trying to insert an empty suit into our soon-to-be-vacant US Senate seat. Their candidate has little to nothing in the way of accomplishments to brag about.

Internal polling: Tillis losing to DEM by NINE, generic GOPer outperforming Tillis vs. Cooper

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Ah, so it WAS after all about more than just spending more time with Susie and the kids. We found this little nugget buried at the end of a WRAL

Free passes, patty-cake, Me-Tooism from NCGOP got Roy Cooper where he is today

Posted on July 30, 2025July 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

It’s kind of strange to finally hear the Raleigh Republican establishment speak up about Roy Cooper. He’s survived 37 years in state elected office with nary a scratch. Now

Appeals Court decision breathes new life into suit against Berger casino deal

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Brant Clifton

A lot of arms have been twisted in an attempt to shut up critics of the deal to bring multiple new casinos to North Carolina. “The Boss” has got a

WHAT(ley) ???

Posted on July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Given what we found on X last night, we were expecting much different news than what we got hit with. THAT is congressman Pat Harrigan and his wife visiting The

The Senate race name game

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I’m mainly glad the name Tillis will be gone SOON. From our vantage point here at Haymaker HQ, we see and hear a lot of things. Some are funny and

Thommy Boy’s nausea-inducing “Tha-Tha” Thour

Posted on July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Boy, those bridges are burning. Thom Tillis — after all those years of thumbing his nose at us and generally behaving like an anus — is doing his damnedest to

Speaker Hall: Let DC pick our next US senator FOR US

Posted on July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Here are those words of wisdom from the boy speaker himself: That’s *interesting* advice coming from a guy who made it to the NC House via a “messy” primary against