Tag: AJ Daoud

The 2024 race for state treasurer

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

With incumbent Dale Folwell‘s decision to pursue the GOP gubernatorial nomination, there are some BIG SHOES to fill over at the office of state treasurer in 2024. Folwell has won

Raleigh cartel unleashes on LaPaglia

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Some of you may have heard about this Jones+Blount web site. It’s backed financially by some big Pat McCrory donors and staffed by some former McCrory aides. It’s literally

#ncpol: It’s gettin’ NASTY out there.

Posted on January 29, 2016January 29, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It was cold in Pinehurst Thursday night, but there was a lot of heat in the forum for Council of State candidates. So much, in fact, that the fire alarms

#ncpol: Things that make you go HMMMMMM.

Posted on December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The state board has unveiled a neat new search feature that allows you to browse campaign filings by TYPE. The search engine allows you to go through all kinds of

#ncpol: The #daoudcrowd’s Ten-grand Man

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

AJ Daoud is announcing his run for secretary of state next week. That job depends on serious attention to detail. According to state board of elections records, Daoud has been

#ncpol: A not-so-conservative #DaoudCrowd

Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The DaoudCrowd has become a part of the North Carolina political lexicon. It’s got its own Twitter hashtag. Its hero — 6th district GOp chairman AJ Daoud — posts online

#ncgop [Hatin’ on A.J. and Hasan]

Posted on June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A lot of folks sit around scratching their heads wondering why MORE quality people don’t step forward to offer themselves up for public service. Well, after looking at some of

#ncgop traveling circus rolls into Lee County

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Lee County Republican Men’s Club held a forum Tuesday featuring the three campaigns for NCGOP chairman. AJ Daoud and Hasan Harnett showed up to address the group. Establishment favorite

Changes at the top for NCGOP?

Posted on November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The word is being disseminated that NCGOP chairman Claude Pope is not interested in a second go-around. Sources tell me that state GOP vice chairman Carolyn Justice is being quietly