Tag: NCGA

#ncga: Hall hit by ‘friendly fire’

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Brant Clifton

My suspicions were correct. It appears Rep. Duane Hall was the victim of a political “hit” — by a powerful figure on his side of the political fence. (This does

#ncga: l’affaire Hall

Posted on March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 by Brant Clifton

It’s amazing how quiet a lot of folks in the big city of Raleigh are in the wake of the Duane Hall allegations. On the D-side, you’ve got folks falling

#ncga: Duane Hall, NSFW.

Posted on February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 by Brant Clifton

It would appear that one of the loudest mouths in “The Party of Women” stands accused of being quite ungentlemanly to some of those ladies he and his comrades claim

#NCGA’s Bob Steinburg: “[…]delusional at best or intentionally untrue at worst”

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Brant Clifton

Yes, those were the words used by retiring senator Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) to describe the rantings of his GOP House colleague seeking to replace him in Raleigh: […] Cook defended

#ncpol: Kelly Hastings’s head EXPLODES.

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

That Svengali of campaign finance is convinced they’re out to get him: What’s he talking about? WHO is he talking about? He’s talking about Charlene High, his first-ever GOP challenger

#ncpol: The AG, the NCDP, Michelle Nix and Grandpa join Dallas’s telephone game

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Brant Clifton

As we rapidly approach the end of the candidate filing period, the action is getting fast and furious. Dallas Woodhouse, Disney’s latest cartoon character, has been burning up the phone

#ncga: facilitatin’ and clarifyin’

Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We came across this precious gem on Twitter: “Facilitating equal opportunities for people to use their God given talents”? (Really?) Is that kind of like hooking campaign contributors up with

#ncpol: Dallas did it!

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

We reported earlier about somebody polling on the possibility of former Civitas boss Francis DeLuca running for a Wake County NC House seat. Well, that apparently got some drivebys motivated

#ncga: “Entertainment” as a campaign expense?

Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

The state board of elections plays it pretty fast and loose in terms of what it allows candidates to spend campaign money on. Cars. $19,000 in clothes. AmEx bills. dry-cleaning.

#ncga: And the Senate $$$ …

Posted on February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by Brant Clifton

NCFEF has also looked at Senate campaign cash. Again, as with the House, these are year-end 2017 numbers and only take into account what folks with active campaign committees reported.