#NCSEN: Lobbyists, professors, lawyers, Vegas & Hollywood types. Oh My!
Yep. That title pretty well sums up most of the folks who forked over cash to US Senator Kay Hagan’s campaign war chest. It’s a little hard to track Hagan’s
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NC-07: Roughly 75% of McIntyre campaign $$$ from PACs
Democrat congressman Mike McIntyre narrowly won reelection in 2012. He was running in a GOP-majority district with his hometown gerrymandered out. Barry Obama was on the top of the Democrat
Continue readingNC-02: Most of Ellmers campaign $$$ for 2013 came from PACs
There’s a bi-partisan crowd lining up to challenge congresswoman Renee Ellmers in 2013. The Democrat primary is starting to look like a three-way: American Idol (Wake County native and current
Continue readingTeacher pay, job satisfaction and the politics of public education
The Round Rev and his rabble regularly showed up at The Legislative Building in Raleigh over the last year demanding that education spending and teacher pay be elevated to at
Continue reading#NCSEN: NCGA helps Tesla, car firm’s lawyers give BIG to Thom Tillis Senate campaign
We’ve been doing a lot of campaign finance report reading lately. We’ve found some interesting things about beer and movies on the Thom Tillis Committee’s financial reports. Our latest find
Continue readingNC-02: Roche calls for grassroots unity in fight against Ellmers, GOP establishment
Raleigh-area radio personality and GOP congressional candidate Frank Roche admits he’s had a rough relationship in recent years with libertarians, Ron Paul supporters, and some Tea Party groups. Roche released
Continue reading#NCSEN: In (the hole) like Flynn
Spending more than you take in may be SOP on Capitol Hill, but the practice sure doesn’t bode well for you in running a business, or running for office. Greensboro-area
Continue reading#NCPOL NC-02: A sing-off in the Second?
If you thought this year’s US Senate race was going to be fun, wait til you see how our local congressional race may be shaping up: Gay singer
Continue readingNAACP going after NC-based anti-vote fraud group
Boy, how things change. One of the missions of the NAACP’s founders was to protect the integrity of elections and people’s right to vote. In 2014, the civil
Continue readingWhile beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign
In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers: North Carolina politicians
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