Category: Mark Harris

#NCSEN Mark Harris: The ‘No-Baggage’ conservative choice?

Posted on March 16, 2014March 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had the opportunity for an audience with Charlotte pastor — and US Senate candidate — Mark Harris on Saturday. (I do have to commend him for not running away

#NCSEN Mark Harris OK with “path to legal status” for illegals

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Immigration has become quite a flashpoint in American politics. It’s turned Republicans against each other — some using code words that basically mean “amnesty,” others demanding that the government simply

#NCSEN: Poll shows GOP primary, November general both still wide open

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

An American Insights poll, taken earlier this month, of 611 registered North Carolina voters finds a tight GOP primary and close general election in the state’s US Senate race. (If

#NCSEN: Establishment doubles down on Tillis

Posted on February 21, 2014February 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina state House speaker, and US Senate candidate, Thom Tillis has picked up the endorsement of the DC-based Business & Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC). The group is closely

#NCSEN: PPP poll shows we’re headed for a GOP runoff.

Posted on February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Public Policy Polling has released its latest numbers on the 2014 US Senate race. The Democrat pollster is finding what a lot of us have known. This thing — at

#NCSEN It’s Over: PPP & The Shih-Tzu anoint Senator Thom

Posted on January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

John Frank says we might as well forget this primary thing. Thom Tillis is leaving everybody in the dust with his “solid lead.” If you are a supporter of

Brannon, Walker win key straw poll in Guilford

Posted on January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Conservatives for Guilford County, one of the most vocal, active conservative grassroots organizations in the state, has spoken loud and clear on the 6th congressional district and US senate races

#NCSEN Former NCGOP legislator: Brannon “doesn’t like Mexicans,” we “need” Speaker Thom’s experience

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

I’m on several politically-flavored email lists, where political junkies bat around the issues and the inside scoop on elections. Participants include former and current elected officials, business leaders, current and

#NCSEN: Are Dems giving Thom Tillis the “Todd Akin Treatment”?

Posted on December 6, 2013December 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Until now, it’s been easy to draw comparisons between the 2014 US Senate GOP primary in North Carolina and the 2010 Kentucky GOP Senate primary, featuring a

#NCSEN: Mark Harris & The Issues

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Charlotte pastor – and GOP US Senate candidate — Mark Harris is closely associated with the state constitutional amendment passed in May 2012 defining marriage as between a