Category: NC legislature

2026: The year of the state-hopping candidate

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We’ve already told you about Margot Dupre (Idaho, Colorado, Florida and North Carolina) in the US Senate race. If you recall, she listed her home address as a Charlotte PO

Study: North Carolina can’t afford Berger-Moore-Cooper Medicaid expansion.

Posted on January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I seem to remember – ahem – *some* folks saying this same thing back when Tim Moore and Phil Berger and their legislative minions were striking this unholy Medicaid expansion

ICE foe endorses alleged Trump supporter Phil Berger

Posted on January 25, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Okay. Let’s see if we can get this straight. State senator Phil Berger is attacking sheriff Sam Page — credited here as an architect and inspiration for Donald Trump’s immigration

Dems leading polls on Generic R vs. D congressional ballot

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

If the election were held today, would you vote for a Republican or a Democrat? That question has been asked of voters for ages. It gives the political class a

Shock crunch-time poll: Sam Page over Phil Berger by FIVE

Posted on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We reported earlier about a poll showing Sheriff Sam Page with a ten-point lead over Senate president pro tem Phil Berger. In recent weeks, a pollster in The Outer

State-hopping frequent candidate subject of NC state elections inquiry

Posted on January 18, 2026January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Every election seems to have a few candidates on the ballot who make you scratch your head and ask: “Who? Why?” Some filing fees get pretty big — depending on

New ad gives voters something to think about in Berger-Page GOP duel

Posted on January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Absentee voting for the March primaries got started on January 8. In-person early voting begins on February 12. Some might say there is not a whole lot more that primary

Smokin’ The Vote (on Jones Street)

Posted on January 8, 2026January 8, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) has announced who – among the members of the General Assembly – would be friendliest to the idea of legalizing weed.

WSJ: NC congressman’s big bro is the man-to-see in Trump’s DC

Posted on January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Not every lobbyist gets this kind of schmoozing from The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times when they first arrive in Washington to set up shop. But Ches

Affordability and Campaign 2026

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The political left thinks the answers to all of their political prayers this year is the issue of *affordability.* Stuff is too expensive. *Affordable* is a relative term. It depends