Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram changed his registration from Democratic to Republican yesterday, which has set the local politicos to sizing up the general political trends in the county. Admittedly, it does have a whiff of 1994 about it, but let’s not get carried away with the analogy.
Anyway, Ingram [...]
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 [...]
There are plenty of N.C. voters who think both Democrats and Republicans are corrupt.
A poll of 711 state voters by Public Policy Polling found that 45 percent believe that Democrats are corrupt while 27 percent think they are not. The poll also found that 37 percent of voters believe [...]
I wrote last week about the North Carolina Republican Party executive committee giving some thought to a resolution that would close the party's primaries to unaffiliated voters. Click here for that story.
[...]The findings of the State Ethics Board are in and it is looking dismal for our dear leader. According to the board, Sanford has misused campaign funds to attend a meeting of the Republican Governors Association and a trip to Ireland among others. It also found he used the [...]
In 34 short days North Carolina voter registration changes look like this:
Democrats +623
Republicans +750
Libertarians +225
Unaffiliateds +5188
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[...]With so many Republican chickenhawks wanting to pour more money into the black hole of Afghanistan, Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin has taken a powerful and smart position on the matter:
[He] made it clear that he is absolutely opposed to sending any more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and says [...]
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 [...]
Guest Blogger: Karl CampbellRaleigh, NC-
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 [...]
I spent the last few days glued to CSPAN listening to both the Republican and the Democratic view points on health care reform. The Republicans did a lot of fear mongering but offered no solutions at all.
They came off a little bit heartless. Making it seem that [...]
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 [...]
Rep. Wil Neumann, a Belmont Republican, plans to run for the Gaston County senate seat currently held by Sen. David Hoyle, a Democrat who lives in Dallas.
The district is Republican, but Hoyle has managed to hold the seat because of his pro-business record and ties to the [...]
