It would appear that Mick Mulvaney’s candidacy has inspired the Republican powers that be. They’ve now officially added the SC-05 race to their “Dem Retirement Assault List.” The Fifth was narrowly won by John McCain last year even though Spratt won reelection comfortably. However, since Obama entered the White [...]
The latest polling from Public Policy Polling of the South Carolina gubernatorial race shows the Republican candidates with comfortable over the Democrats. AG Henry McMaster at this point seems to be the best prospect for the GOP as he leads Democrats Jim Rex 40 - 31, Vincent Sheheen 41 [...]
Great reporting by the N&O’s Josh Shaffer, which allows only one conclusion: Wake County Commissioner Tony Gurley, pretender to the chairman’s seat, has lost his mind, perhaps in the same location where his fellow Republican Commissioners Joe Bryan and Paul Coble lost theirs. It’s a must-read … and a [...]
Apparently shouting an insult at the president makes one a star on the GOP fundraising circuit these days.
The star guest at Rep. Patrick McHenry's Christmas party on Friday will be South Carolina Congressman Joe "You Lie" Wilson, Rob Christensen reports.
Wilson got national attention when he interrupted [...]
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Fmr. NCGOP Chair Rouse reports on Central Committee Meeting
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 00:00
Editor's note: Former NCGOP Chair Frank Rouse sent the following email to a large group of party activists on Monday night.
Highlights of the Central Committee Meeting on Saturday:
In preparing for 2010, the budget was proposed to' [...]
The N.C. Republican Party on Tuesday hired Russell Peck to be its new executive director.
Peck was heavily involved in the victory of Republican Chris Christie in New Jersey's governor's race earlier this month, Rob Christensen reports. Christie defeated Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine. Peck had worked last year as North [...]
At Saturday evening's NC GOP Hall of Fame dinner, your blogger was pleased to see that Judge Barbara Jackson is throwing her hat into the ring for North Carolina Supreme Court.
Judge Jackson hopes to become Justice Jackson by continuing her [...]
The N.C. Republican Party has rejected a proposal to ban unaffiliated voters from participating in its primaries.
Meeting over the weekend in Raleigh, the party's Executive Committee voted by a wide margin to reject a plan to bar independents.
Among those strongly opposing the effort were the leaders of the [...]
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I want to let everyone know that the NCGOP State Executive Committee voted to keep Republican primaries open through out the state. This was completed in a over whelming majority voice vote.
There were impassioned speakers on both sides in a very civil debate. The biggest complaint was about conservatives who [...]
The members of the North Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee, voted Saturday to keep open Republican primaries to those registered unaffiliated in North Carolina.
The discussion was lengthy and heated with passion on both sides of the argument.
Ann Sullivan, of Wayne County and second Vice Chairman of the 3rd Congressional District, [...]
Claude E. Pope, Jr, Chairman of the Wake County Republican Party, Friday, filed a Notice of Challenge with the Wake County Board of Elections, challenging the right of Clayton H. "Clay" Aiken to remain registered to vote in Wake County.
“It has come to light [...]
Voters are slightly more likely to vote for Republican legislative candidates, according to a recent poll.
The GOP has independents to thank, since they said they would vote Republican by a wide margin, according to the survey by Public Policy Polling.
Voters said they would vote Republican in state legislative races [...]
It appears that there are some within the NC GOP that want to go back to the days of excluding unaffiliated voters from the party’s primary elections. This would be a bad idea for a number of reasons.
1. The numbers of voters registering as unaffiliated is exploding. Just in [...]
