Category: Mike McIntyre
Next stop for McIntyre: Governor?
Congressman Mike McIntyre made a big announcement today. He’s coming back home after 18 years in DC. A 2014 reelection was looking tough in his new GOP-leaning district. Mike and I are both native Lumbertonians. We know each other — and know a…
NC-07: Roughly 75% of McIntyre campaign $$$ from PACs
Democrat congressman Mike McIntyre narrowly won reelection in 2012. He was running in a GOP-majority district with his hometown gerrymandered out. Barry Obama was on the top of the Democrat ticket. With a Barry-less ballot, Republicans are counting on a lot less Democrat excitement this…
“Endangered” NC Democrats running to right of challengers in US House races?
Quick. In North Carolina’s Seventh Congressional District, can you guess which candidate won the endorsements of conservative establishment groups like the National Rifle Association, Concerned Women for America, The National Federation of Independent Businesses, and Americans for Legal Immigration? If you guessed Republican nominee David…
Talking conservative, voting liberal (with other people’s money)
In 2010, the nation overwhelmingly rewarded GOP candidates for Congress who promised to cut federal spending, cut taxes, roll back regulations, and restore some sanity to our nation’s government. The Club for Growth, a conservative political action committee, does an excellent job of…
National Journal: Ellmers is NC’s most conservative Member of Congress
National Journal, the non-partisan national publication dedicated to daily coverage of the U.S. Congress, has released its annual ideological rankings of Members of Congress. It appears that the Tar Heel State’s newest Member of Congress, Renee Ellmers (R-2nd) has shot to the top of…
McIntyre to stick with re-election campaign to Congress
Congressman Mike McIntyre (D), an 8th Congressional District resident, will be on the ballot for the 7th Congressional District race in May and November. (YAWN.) He issued the following statement to clarify his decision to forego a bid for governor and…
NC’s 7th CD race: lobbyist parties, the death of a controversy, and an incumbent who lives in NC-8 (Oh, my)
In May, Illario Pantano of New Hanover County — the 2010 GOP nominee for this congressional race — and state Senator David Rouzer (R-Johnston) will face off for the privilege of taking on incumbent Democrat congressman Mike McIntyre in November. McIntyre, who has…
Congressman McIntyre: Barry who?
Mike McIntyre (D-Lumberton) has represented North Carolina’s 7th District since 1996. He’s voted for Democrats for Speaker, but has still managed to get campaign contributions from Republicans in the district. McIntyre pretty much votes with his caucus, but sides with the Republicans on key issues…
Kissell, Shuler, McIntyre part of D.C.’s ‘Dangerous Dozen’ list
Veteran DC-based political analyst Stuart Rothenberg has singled out three congressmen from North Carolina as part of his ‘Dangerous Dozen’ list of incumbents most likely to go down to defeat in 2012: … Larry Kissell (D-N.C.). Kissell finds himself in a redrawn district that moves…
Pinehurst’s Cummings to pursue state Senate seat?
My spies within Raleigh political circles, and on the ground here in Moore County and throughout the Sandhills region, tell me retired physician Robin Cummings of Pinehurst is seriously eyeing the state Senate seat currently held by Senator Harris Blake (R-Pinehurst), who is retiring at…
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