Tag: fundraising

#NC-02: The Money Chase

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The numbers are in through September 30. (Keep in mind, these totals are from a period prior to the outbreak of all this McCarthy-ism.) Renee Ellmers is reporting $145,276 in

#ncgop: OUTSOURCED!

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

Intel keeps pouring in from that special non-disclosable meeting this weekend. Apparently, the NCGOP’s fundraising has been outsourced to a private outside entity. That’s right. I’m told a nice lady

#ncgop: County party chairmen lash out at Berger, Moore re: H373, S119

Posted on October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The furor over that affiliated committees mess is not dying down. I had been hearing that Speaker Tim Moore and President Pro Tem Phil Berger have been getting an earful

Adios, Aldona. (Let the cash dash BEGIN!)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I love being proved right. Not long after news broke about likely Democrat nominee Roy Cooper surpassing Gov. Pat in fundraising, DHHS secretary (and uber-fundraiser extraordinaire) Aldona Wos

#NCGOP — Gambling, govt child care, and solar subsidies: Welcome to Kristen’s World

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s astounding. The Central Committee of the North Carolina GOP actually struggled with the idea of whether or not to hire someone as chief fundraiser who is IN BED with

Mo’ Money: Cooper edging out Gov. Pat in midpoint of 2015 $$$ race

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Phoning-it-in appears to be working out well for AG-In-Name-Only Roy Cooper. He’s been running for governor since, um, five minutes or so after he was declared reelected on Election Night

NC-02: Money is talking in GOP US House primary race

Posted on July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

And it is not saying very nice things about Frank Roche. Judging from what we found on the FEC web site, the Cary Republican appears to be repeating his

#NCGOP Long knives already out for Nix, Harnett

Posted on June 6, 2015June 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I am really starting to look like a psychic. In a previous post about Hasan Harnett’s upset win in the NCGOP chairman’s race, I talked about the possibility of sore

#ncga: Welcome to the era of ‘grass-topping’

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In DC, there is an expression called ”astro-turfing.” That is a slang term used to describe the manufacturing of the illusion of support for, or opposition to, a politician or policy.

#NCSEN: A NEW Tillis campaign fund

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been keeping an eye on the FEC web site. We’ve seen a couple of extra Thom Tillis-affiliated organizations pop up, but one of the extras is finally seeing some