The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: House’s anti-Folwell bill sitting in Murphy’s Health committee

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Remember how we told you about the hospital lobby drafting a bill clipping treasurer Dale Folwell’s wings and passing out a lot of cash to get the House to

#ncga: House bill seeks in-state tuition for illegal aliens

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Check out HB 319 filed on Thursday. Sure, its sponsors are a bunch of Democrats. Sure, it’s filed in a Republican-controlled chamber. But with a smaller majority, and a

NC-09: The battle to topple Ginger McCready

Posted on March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The US Marines have got to LOVE Ginger McCready, the Democrats’ great white hope in the crusade to steal the Ninth Congressional District after 60 years of uninterrupted Republican

Convention News ! Get your hot-and-fresh convention news!

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Brant Clifton

There were a lot of county GOP conventions today. In the 3rd and 9th congressional districts, there were a higher number of candidates in attendance than at other county

#ncpol: N&O’s ‘Randy Andy’ breaks from Twitter to lead new driveby assault on GOPer

Posted on March 9, 2019March 9, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The newest kid on the block at The N&O has learned that place’s playbook very quickly and very well. You’ll typically find Paul A. “Andy” Specht on social media posting

NC-03: If I had a dime for every person who filed for Congress …

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’d be $2.60 richer! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the deadline for filing for the Third Congressional District seat in the US House has come and gone. And boy have

NCGOP’s treasurer has a history of financial reprimands, penalties

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

If you check out the North Carolina Republican Party’s campaign finance filings with the state board of elections and the Federal Elections Commission, you will see they are signed

NC-03: A consultant-palooza! (Up to 18 candidates, with one day to go.)

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This special election to replace the late, great Walter Jones is turning into quite a full-employment act for political consultants. We’ve got quite a crowd in the race

The next scandal to smack Raleigh

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by Brant Clifton

To get a preview, just look at what’s already happening south of our state border: Horry County Schools’ $220 million deal with a contractor to build five new schools

Dallas Rising?

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Michele Nix has abandoned ship to run for Congress. Robin Hayes is off napping somewhere — occasionally waking up to guest-star in FBI surveillance operations. So, like Kevin McAllister, Dallas