Tag: campaign 2024

campaign 2024: Tire-kickers and test-drivers galore

Posted on March 2, 2023March 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s that time of the year everyone dreaming of seeing their name on a ballot – or actually getting elected to something — lives for. it’s time to get your

Tom Murry for NC Attorney General?

Posted on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I am hearing from all corners of the state that the former Wake County legislator, former state courts official, and current prosecutor is giving a run for that office a

Why is Jon Hardister promoting a suspended Twitter account?

Posted on February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Inquiring minds want to know. GC. Pride is apparently the name for the athletic boosters at Greensboro College. At first, thanks to the name, I thought it was a gay

And THEN there were TWO.

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This month, the 2024 GOP race for lieutenant governor will get a wee bit more interesting. State politics fixture Hal Weatherman – a political consultant and former aide to Dan

The Weatherman Way

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Hal Weatherman has a reputation for being a get-er-done kinda guy. The young fellow has been entrusted with running some aspects of former congresswoman Sue Myrick’s campaigns. He ran both

Rep. Hardister v. Rep. Moss in GOP’s 2024 Labor Commissioner tussle?

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s what appears to be in the offing. It would be like a political version of midget wrestling. Things have been moving fast on the Labor Commissioner front. Incumbent Josh

2024 GOP primary for Labor Commissioner already underway?

Posted on December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s what it looks like. Jon Hardister (R), the NC House’s majority whip, is making a lot of noise about a possible run for NC Commissioner of Labor in 2024.

Josh Dobson NOT seeking reelection. (Not ONE single **** given.)

Posted on December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson (R) has announced that he won’t be running for reelection when his current term expires in 2024. He claims he’s getting out so he can spend

A new GOP face eyeing a 2024 run for NC LtGov?

Posted on November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 by Brant Clifton

A Randolph County pastor is taking a good hard look at succeeding his good friend Mark Robinson in 2024. Pastor Allen Mashburn, a Moore County resident who leads Asbury

ThomT & SusieT: Movin’ On Up like George & Weezy

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis got his start in big-time politics in 2006 by knocking off a conservative stalwart NC House member. He stayed below radar in the House until the election