#ncpol: It’s gettin’ NASTY out there.
It was cold in Pinehurst Thursday night, but there was a lot of heat in the forum for Council of State candidates. So much, in fact, that the fire alarms
Continue readingIt was cold in Pinehurst Thursday night, but there was a lot of heat in the forum for Council of State candidates. So much, in fact, that the fire alarms
Continue readingSharon Pearce wants to represent House District 81 (Davidson County-centered) in the North Carolina House. She touts her experience, which includes a long career in health care, heading a health
Continue readingEdgar Starnes had been representing this Caldwell County-centered district until just after the 2014 elections. The former Republican House majority leader got a sweet job with the state and QUIT
Continue readingOdor in the court! Robeson County is a special place. It’s my home county. (And not my current place of residence, BTW.) And it is also one of the state
Continue readingI had the benefit of learning politics at an early age from a very wise, very successful political ‘boss.’ Two of the more important things he taught me? (1) The
Continue readingWe’ve heard about the upper chamber on Jones Street. Let’s throw the House into the mix. The ACU’s overall average for the state House was 62 percent. Republicans rated, on
Continue readingRetiring senator Buck Newton is hoping to add a new title to his résumè: Attorney General of North Carolina. He has a couple of hurdles to clear in March and in
Continue readingThe two ladies mixing it up to replace the retiring Rick Catlin in this Wilmington area state House seat have certainly made things interesting. New Hanover County school board member
Continue readingWe’ve written before about a politically-connected, well-moneyed PAC that has succeeded in orchestrating a leftist takeover of local Lee County political institutions. They knocked off a conservative legislator and took
Continue readingThe final project list is out. And, as we suspected, the bond issue on the ballot for March 15th is less about road repair and more about passing out pork
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