The Daily Haymaker

NC-09: Two more added to the GOP mix

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Fayetteville’s Stevie Rivenbark and state senator Dan Bishop of Charlotte joined Stony Rushing and Fern Shubert in the GOP field for the Ninth Congressional District. Ms. Rivenbark is

NC-03: Odds & Ends

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Fundraising. The campaign of Jeff Moore (R) is touting their guy’s fundraising haul of $75,000 in the first week since he filed. The DC-based Politico website is reporting that

Snowflakes, drive-by media celebrate GIRLS in the BOY SCOUTS

Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Another testosterone-laden American institution bites the dust, and the snowflakes and the drive-by media couldn’t be happier: The historic moment passed with little fanfare. Troop 1, the region’s oldest Boy

The sad state of third parties in North Carolina

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We spend a lot of time griping about the sorry state of the NCGOP and the NC Dems. But those two organizations are looking great when compared to the

NC-09: A Green!

Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Yes, it appears the Green Party will join the Libertarian Party, the Republicans and Democrat Ginger McCready in this scrum for the Ninth Congressional District. Loran Allen Smith

NC-09: Ginger McCready FILES! (Trumpets sound, tears of joy flow in driveby newsrooms from Murphy to Manteo to NY to DC)

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Democrat Ginger McCready, who cries and whines more than ANY U.S. Marine in American history, has valiantly stormed the state board of elections building with the hope of being

NC-09: Horrible News

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s “who” sent this email out this afternoon: “Horrible News” is an alias tied to the email account used by NCGOP communications director Jeff (*$#@*!) Hauser. Just like the

Moore County commissioners lash out at county’s state legislators

Posted on March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s been rare to see something like this in collegial, get-along Republican Moore County. But here it is, in a prepared statement from Moore County government: Senator Tom McInnis

NC-09: Stony, meet Fern.

Posted on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Tne first day of filing ended with confirmation of a Republican primary. (Libertarian Jeff Scott, who was in the 2018 edition of this race, also returned to the

NC-03: The doctor fights back