Tillis & Laroque: A political “family” affair
With federal investigators turning up the heat on state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston), it will be interesting to see what — if any — action House Speaker Thom Tillis takes
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Category: NCGOP
Coble going for term #15
The Greensboro News & Record reported today that Congressman Howard Coble (R) will seek reelection to the U.S. House seat he has held since 1985. Coble, 80, is the
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NCGOP’s lack of action on tax relief disturbing
The next time you’re filling up your gas tank at your local convenience store and cursing FILL IN THE BLANK (the store owner, the oil companies, George Bush …), think
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Governor BOWLES?
The last time a member of the Bowles family ran for governor was 1972, which produced a highly divisive Democrat primary that led to the election of a Republican governor.
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Handicapping the contenders for NC Governor
That sound you hear — in the wake of Bev’s announcement yesterday — is the explosion of politician egos. From Murphy to Manteo, ambitious “public servants”
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Bev: Outta Here?
Reports are swirling through state political circles and political media that Bev Perdue will announce, at a press conference later today, that she will not seek reelection as governor.
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Game On! Judges refuse to delay NC primary elections
A three judge panel in Raleigh refused this week to grant a request from Democrats and liberal activists to delay the state’s May primary. This decision puts into play
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Bev & The Big Lie: GOP wrecked public education, so we need to pay more taxes
North Carolina’s beleaguered boss lady, desperately trying to stop her political career’s slide down the drain, is hauling out every scare tactic in the book.
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McHenry, Jones facing spirited 2012 primary challenges from the right
Republican congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) is being hit hard by his GOP primary opponent Ken Fortenberry, a retired newspaper journalist and publisher in Lincoln County. Fortenberry suggests McHenry
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National and N.C. Democrats, without any successes to tout, crank up class warfare rhetoric
If you believe the Democrats, the professional Left, and their allies in the alleged mainstream media (AMSM), a couple of rich guys — who happen to be registered Republicans
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