Tag: North Carolina

Tracking Moore County early voting

Posted on October 17, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We showed you the statewide picture thus far. Now, let’s look at what’s happened thus far in early voting for one of the state’s reddest counties. According to John Locke’s

NC House candidate wants retraction on gambling stories, but media stands (new player ups ante)

Posted on October 17, 2026 by Brant Clifton

House District 51 (Lee, Moore counties) has been looking like a foregone conclusion, but the players in this election sure are trying to make things interesting. Initially, folks at The

Tracking the early-voting horse race

Posted on October 17, 2026October 17, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We don’t have enough info available to tell specifically you where all these early votes are going, but we do have some nice online tools to help you see exactly

An early-voting briefing

Posted on October 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Early voting kicks off today across the state. If you’re all about marking the ballot for the candidates specifically blessed by the GOP, here’s a good guide for you to

The heat is ON: Report of undisclosed gambling parlor leads to state ethics complaint

Posted on October 14, 2026 by Brant Clifton

This site and others have previously reported that NC House candidate Charles Taylor (R) apparently neglected to disclose his ownership of a Sanford commercial building that houses video gambling machines.

Breaking: Cooper by EIGHT, TEN and FOURTEEN. (But hey, Trump’s coming.)

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Brant Clifton

And The Streak lives on. If this keeps up, we may start owing the estate of the late great Ray Stevens some royalty $$$$. Seriously, The Streak we’re referring to

DEM court of appeals judge can’t complete his full term (if reelected in November)

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The Republican majority in the legislature’s 2023-24 session raised the mandatory age of retirement for senior state judges from 72 to 76. This was reportedly done to aid state Supreme

NC House candidate failed to dlsclose he owns building housing gambling parlor

Posted on October 11, 2026 by Brant Clifton

*Ooops.* Republican Charles Taylor won a hard-fought primary in March to replace fellow Republican John Sauls in the safe Republican House District 51 – which includes Lee County and parts

Tillis runs into welcoming embrace of Democrat establishment

Posted on October 8, 2026October 8, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We now know Uncle Thom’s plans for when he’s finally forced to leave Capitol Hill: U.S. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is set to take on a new role at Davidson

Whatley pauses his ads, but the poll hits keep coming.

Posted on October 8, 2026 by Brant Clifton

It’s being reported that Michael Whatley is pausing his advertising less than one month before Election Day. Supposedly, his team wants to “re-think” their strategy. *Yeah. How to pay for