#ncga: You KNOW you’re in trouble when …
… the legal fees and other costs expended to get you on the ballot are a bigger number than your campaign’s fundraising totals over two quarters. That appears to be
Continue reading#ncga: In SD-9, Peterson (D) outrai$ed incumbent Lee (R) in Q2
And the beat goes on … Former Wilmington mayor Harper Peterson is one of the Democrats’ marquee challengers in this cycle. This seat has bounced back and forth between the
Continue reading#ncga: In HD-51, Mathis (D) outrai$ing incumbent Sauls (R) for ALL of 2018
This Lee County-based district has bounced back and forth between Rs and Ds for the past few years. Will it happen again in 2018? According to the latest fundraising reports,
Continue reading#ncga: In HD-36, Democrat von Haefen has MORE Dollars than Nelson
For the second quarter of 2018, that is. One of Speaker Tim Moore’s top henchmen (who happens to chair the House Appropriations Committee) finds himself in a little bit of
Continue reading#ncga: In HD-52, Simon (D) outrai$ed Boles (R) in low-budget Q2 tussle
They appear to really be pinching pennies in this Moore County-based district. Republican incumbent Jamie Boles has been representing this district since 2008. He’s had no significant challenges
Continue reading#ncga: In SD-1, Phelps (D) outrai$ed Steinburg (R) in Q2
I’m starting to see a pattern here. Bill Cook (R) is stepping down from his admirable tenure representing district 1. The district on the ballot for November is more Democrat-friendly
Continue reading#ncga: In SD-25, Mills(D) outrai$ed incumbent McInnis (R) in Q2
It took a vicious slander campaign courtesy of Phil Berger and the boys to get him through the May primary. Tom McInnis might need even more of the same if he’s
Continue reading#ncpol: Talk about having money to burn …
State Democrats have been trumpeting a fundraising windfall they say is indicative of a coming “blue wave”. Sometimes it’s fun to peek behind the curtains when this kind of bluster,
Continue reading#ncpol: About those Civitas polls …
*”Hey, if the flagship political organ of The Pope Empire says things are bad for Republicans, THAT IS NEWS.”* Something like that runs through the mostly-empty heads in driveby media
Continue reading#ncga: Time for mandatory rabies testing?
I have some good friends residing in and around Charlotte. But I tell them often — your hometown is a LOST CAUSE. For starters, they’ve got a rioter and a
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