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#nc-02: Five Republicans, One Democrat.

Posted on December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Filing closed today.  Here are your Republican choices (other than Renee Ellmers):   Jim Duncan, Frank Roche, Tim D’Annunzio, and Kay Daly.  One Democrat, Adam Coker, has filed.  The district

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campaign 2016, Congress, Renee Ellmers
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#ncga: Want David Lewis out of the House? Get to know THIS GUY.

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A former chairman of the Harnett County School Board has signed on the dotted line to take on David Lewis, Harnett’s veteran but currently beleaguered state representative. Chuck Levorse filed

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncpol: Outsiders jumping into GOP races for Secretary of State, Agriculture Commissioner

Posted on December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It appears the #DaoudCrowd is going to have some company in the GOP primary for secretary of state. Durham businesman Michael LaPaglia (R) is tossing his hat into the ring

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campaign 2016, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncsen 2016: The doctor is IN !

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ll have to admit we were caught off guard around here. But Twitter lit up over the news this morning: The last we heard from this guy — he was

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campaign 2016, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Burr
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Dems– STILL the minority — celebrate their Omnibus victory

Posted on December 19, 2015December 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Hear it in their own words:  […] The Democrats’ victory, and Republican Ryan’s defeat, was garishly displayed when his omnibus got more Democratic votes in the House and in the

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campaign 2016, Congress, David Rouzer, Media, NCGOP, Patrick McHenry, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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NC-02: Repeal, Postpone, potato, poh-ta-toe. (Um, unconstitutional?) Nee-nee is BACK for MORE.

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Big Government Barbie™ signed on the dotted line yesterday to seek two more years in Congress.  Renee Ellmers, the one person who has better survival skills / luck than The RoadRunner, also

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#NCSEN: Tillis, Burr split on Omnibus spending orgy

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The travesty that got started in the House has been completed in the Republican Senate.  By a vote of 65-33, a $1.1 TRILLION spending orgy has passed and is headed

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis
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The omnibus: Bleeding us dry. Lying to our faces. Killing our country.

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s $1.1 trillion dollars.  It’s 2009 pages.  It was written by FOUR lawmakers and a bunch of lobbyists.   Politicians like Renee Ellmers want to sell it as a great

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campaign 2016, Congress, David Rouzer, George Holding, Mark Meadows, Media, NCGOP, Patrick McHenry, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#ncga: David Lewis. On The Phone. Unhinged.

Posted on December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s how participants described a rather unusual conference call held Thursday among some House Republicans.  The meeting was moderated — some would argue dictated and dominated — by beleaguered House

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#ncga: Moore, Lewis. (Pay to Play, anyone? )

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Speaker Tim Moore’s *faaaaaaaaaavorite* TV reporter is at it again:  State Representative David Lewis (R-Harnett), who chairs the powerful House Rules Committee, is answering new questions about changes made to a

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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