Tag: election

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

Your Tuesday to-do list

Posted on November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 by Brant Clifton

If you did not vote early, you have something very important to do tomorrow — TUESDAY. There are some very good conservative candidates out there who may need a little

Early voting starts October 20

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s about two weeks down the road. A lot of low-information voters are and will be doing research in preparation for heading to the polls for the early voting. We

Thoughts on Tuesday (and the future)

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For the most part, we at Haymaker HQ had a pretty good election night. A good chunk of the folks we were pulling for WON. Pat McCrory. The former governor

Wake up. Get up. GO VOTE.

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I hear people whining about how their vote doesn’t make a difference. All I can say in response is: “The hell it doesn’t.” If you are conservative, you are

Lydia lawyers up, unloads with both barrels at Village government

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 by Brant Clifton

You really didn’t believe that Lydia Boesch would just run off, with her tail tucked between her legs, after being ambushed during a streamed, open-to-the-public Pinehurst Village Council meeting,

Former Obama aide seeks Pinehurst village council seat

Posted on October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 by Brant Clifton

Barack Obama’s name is considered profanity in politically bright-red Pinehurst. That’s why it’s so newsworthy and interesting to see a former Obama appointee seeking local office in the village.

NCGOP’s Whatley earns his party wrong kind of national attention

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 by Brant Clifton

NCGOP chairman Michael Whatley spoke at an in-state election integrity event Saturday. (Yes, there is videotape.). Fortunately, the nationally-renowned Gateway Pundit blog had eyes and ears on the ground:

Our PoS senator Burr: Trump to blame for Capitol “riots”

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Brant Clifton

It seems like “great minds”– Richard Burr, the dumbest man in the Senate and Greg Murphy, arguably the House’s dumbest — think alike. They didn’t directly witness anything. They

DC source: Reports of Meadows “concede” advocacy “absolutely false.”

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 by Brant Clifton

As I’ve said before, The Haymaker is EVERYWHERE. It is read from Blount Street to Jones Street in Raleigh. It’s read at 1600 Penn as well as the