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While the Republican presidential nominee is clearly slanted to be Senator John McCain of Arizona, the race for the Democratic presidential nominee has been a close and controversial one from the start.
As a retired truck driver, I want to thank U.S. Reps. G.K. Butterfield, Bob Etheridge, Brad Miller, David Price and Mel Watt for helping seniors in North Carolina by voting for the House health care bill.
While the Republican presidential nominee is clearly slanted to be Senator John McCain of Arizona, the race for the Democratic presidential nominee has been a close and controversial one from the start.
Eight of North Carolina's 13 representatives – three Democrats and five Republicans – voted against the health care overhaul bill approved by the House of Representatives Saturday.
North Carolina legislators elected in 2010 will have the job of drawing new congressional and legislative district lines in mid-2011. In addition to the economic recession that weighed so heavily on state budgeting in the recent legislative session, this political reality creates the context of both Democratic and Republican strategy and decision-making in the General Assembly and in their ...
North Carolina's congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Department of Labor to listen to farmers before making changes to the visas used by seasonal farmworkers.
From Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, a Durham-based elections research and advocacy group.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Two winning candidates who participated in a North Carolina city's new voluntary public financing program say it helped them take their focus off money and put it on issues.
RALEIGH — A decision that could be the court system's final word on a disputed piece of land near Asheville's City Hall came down Tuesday in favor of developer Stewart Coleman.
Voters have narrowly elected a Democrat to lead Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city. With most of the votes counted, Anthony Foxx was leading challenger John Lassiter, a Republican, by nearly 3,000 votes out of 105,000 cast. But Lassiter conceded defeat before the final, unofficial results were released by the Mecklenburg Board of Elections.
Voters have narrowly elected a Democrat to lead Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city.
Election Day came and went very quietly across North Carolina on Tuesday. If you voted, you were among the few. There was a massive dropoff in voter turnout from last year’s record showing for the presidential election.
Calling it a distraction for North Carolina
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday in municipal elections. Many North Carolina towns voted for local leadership – from mayor to city council to school board.
It's election day today. Voters in the Triangle and Triad will decide races in dozens of municipal elections. In Greensboro, voters will fill 8 positions on the city council.
The polls are open in North Carolina from 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.