Tag: campaign finance

NCGOP staffer working to elect Democrats?

Posted on October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

You read that right, folks. We’ve had our eye on state GOP controller Greg Fornshell for some time. He’s been on the state party payroll for quite some time. But

Report: Balanced Nutrition DONATED to 2020 Mark Robinson LtGov campaign

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Brant Clifton

That’s the finding of a NC State Board of Elections ‘Compliance Examination Memorandum’ dated September 23, 2024 (but only made public this week). A complaint spurring this action was filed

NOT gonna do it! (unless it benefits ME!)

Posted on July 24, 2022July 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Democrats have done a great job saddling us with bumps-on-a-log in the state attorney general’s office. They’ve gifted us TWO in a row now. The first seat-filler

Moore County campaign ’22: The Hot Mess extends from Pinehurst to Carthage

Posted on March 8, 2022March 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

In Pinehurst, we’ve got the city manager fighting with at least one member of the council. A current council member and former council member are lawyered up against

Sweetheart deal from The Feds, but NO campaign finance filings for last 14 months

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by Brant Clifton

As long as you have a campaign fund open, you are required to update the reporting on said fund. Former state Rep. David Lewis still has his campaign

Who did Jason Saine ACTUALLY pay?

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

We were perusing NC House Appropriations Committee chairman Jason Saine’s 2021 mid-year campaign report when we noticed something interesting. On January 19, 2021 Saine’s report showed a $5,000 payment

FINALLY getting WHAT he DESERVES?

Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 by Brant Clifton

I knew something didn’t smell right with that whole ” resigning to spend. more time with my family” spiel state Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) gave us at the

#ncga: Bob Steinburg? Audited. (And the Dare County D.A. was nowhere in the vicinity.)

Posted on July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Does everybody remember when Senator ‘Pickle’ declared war on Dare County’s top prosecutor for daring to pursue criminal charges against the senator’s top legislative and campaign aide? (We do.)

#NC-09: STILL no campaign report! (Where is it?)

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The chuckleheads in Raleigh have been standing in a circle for months now patting themselves on the back for — in their minds — eradicating vote fraud

NC-03 Money Talk (Part III) : Cox, Perry, Shepard, Speciale

Posted on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve already given you the rundown on Nix, Law, DeLuca, Clark and Rouse in Part I. Then came Part II with the 411 on Moore, Boyd, Cairns and