Tag: Phil Berger

Gambling industry meddling in NC primaries?

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Brant Clifton

It’s looking that way. You may remember that we had quite a hullabaloo in the NC General Assembly about establishing new casinos outside Indian territory across North Carolina. It’s been

End of The Gravy Train? Jones St. mob summoned to Rockingham County to save don Berger-ino

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Word hit the streets of Rockingham County early in the week. Folks who had been feasting – and otherwise living well — during the president pro tem Berger era were

The NY Times notices Phil Berger. (EVEN THEY think he’s in trouble.)

Posted on February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Who’da thunk one of 50 state Senate races in North Carolina would overshadow the race to fill our soon-to-be vacant US Senate seat in the eyes of the national legacy

Study: North Carolina can’t afford Berger-Moore-Cooper Medicaid expansion.

Posted on January 27, 2026January 27, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I seem to remember – ahem – *some* folks saying this same thing back when Tim Moore and Phil Berger and their legislative minions were striking this unholy Medicaid expansion

ICE foe endorses alleged Trump supporter Phil Berger

Posted on January 25, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Okay. Let’s see if we can get this straight. State senator Phil Berger is attacking sheriff Sam Page — credited here as an architect and inspiration for Donald Trump’s immigration

Phil Berger’s son targeted in state insurance fraud complaint

Posted on January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 by Brant Clifton

No, not the judge. (The other one.) For those of you who follow North Carolina politics – and this blog – closely, you know that Rockingham County politics has been

Shock crunch-time poll: Sam Page over Phil Berger by FIVE

Posted on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We reported earlier about a poll showing Sheriff Sam Page with a ten-point lead over Senate president pro tem Phil Berger. In recent weeks, a pollster in The Outer

New ad gives voters something to think about in Berger-Page GOP duel

Posted on January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Absentee voting for the March primaries got started on January 8. In-person early voting begins on February 12. Some might say there is not a whole lot more that primary

Poll: Sam Page UP BY TEN over Phil Berger

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Yes, you read that right. A GOP state senate primary that holds the key to how things get done in our state capital is not looking good for the political

It’s On !!! (Berger & Page file for marquee March showdown. )

Posted on December 1, 2025December 1, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I can imagine it’s rare for multiple TV cameras to show up at a rural elections office to cover the opening of the electoral filing period. But – in Rockingham