North Carolina GOP May Block Independents From Primaries
WITN 7 North Carolina - Fri Nov 20, 12:23 pm ETOnslow County GOP Chairman Patrick Lamb says a closed primary would ensure more true conservative candidates are nominated.
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Onslow County GOP Chairman Patrick Lamb says a closed primary would ensure more true conservative candidates are nominated.
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican primaries in North Carolina will continue to be open to unaffiliated voters. GOP spokesman Jordan Shaw says the party’s Executive Committee overwhelmingly rejected a resolution that would only allow Republicans to choose the party’s nominees.
Republican primaries in North Carolina will continue to be open to unaffiliated voters.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Republican Party leaders are ready to discuss whether they want their next primary to be just a family affair.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)- North Carolina Republican Party leaders are meeting this weekend to decide if they want to continue allowing unaffiliated voters to cast ballots in GOP primaries.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)- The head of the Republican Party in a North Carolina county wants election officials to check on Clay Aiken's registration after a political outburst.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The head of the Republican Party in a North Carolina county wants election officials to check on Clay Aiken's registration after a political outburst. Wake County GOP Chairman Claude Pope filed a complaint Friday challenging whether the former "American Idol" runner-up can vote lawfully in the county. Records show Aiken voted last month using the address of his mother's home ...
RALEIGH, North Carolina - The U.S. Army said Friday it would open former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week ...
Unaffiliated voters have more influence than ever in North Carolina politics, but some Republican leaders want to keep them away from the GOP primary and let party members choose their own nominees - preferably more conservative ones.
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - Even North Carolina state Rep. Chris Heagarty knows the name Alice Resnick and can recite the attack ad allegations made against the former Ohio Supreme Court justice nine years ago. "I'm from almost a time zone away, and I saw how awful those ads were," he told a crowd of justices, judges, lawyers, politicians, and citizen group ...
The most recent Elon University Poll questioned state residents about the selection of judges and their opinions of local services and taxes. Most people favor North Carolina’s system of directly electing judges. In the poll, conducted Nov. 16-19,...
North Carolina voters must wonder whether the people who run their major political parties have any sense.
A political operative who guided former Gov. Mike Easley 's two campaigns for North Carolina's top office testified yesterday before a federal grand jury investigating activities surrounding Easley, the Democratic former governor.
RALEIGH (AP) - A political operative who guided former Gov. Mike Easley's two campaigns for North Carolina's top office appeared at a federal courthouse Wednesday as a federal grand jury met to hear more testimony about the Democratic governor.
A political operative who guided former Gov. Mike Easley's two campaigns for North Carolina's top office has entered a federal courthouse where documents show a grand jury is meeting.
LUMBERTON - Former school administrator Purnell Swett was elected chairman of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in unofficial results Tuesday night.