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With spring elections less than two weeks away and an unexpected number of names withdrawn from several races, Adam Key has put a lock on the ballot. The elections and publicity chair said at Wednesday's Legislature meeting that no more candidates would be allowed to drop out of the election.
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.
An environmental regulator in North Carolina state government has traveled to the federal courthouse where prosecutors are seeking information about former Gov. Mike Easley.
Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested milit
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 - A political operative who guided former Gov. Mike Easley's two campaigns for North Carolina's top office testified Wednesday before a federal grand jury investigating activities surrounding the Democratic governor.
RALEIGHA 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.
Newly filed campaign finance forms show challengers for any of North Carolina's 13 congressional districts are already behind in terms of campaign cash.
George Holding, the Republican-appointed U.S. attorney for North Carolina's eastern district, expressed some angst over changes in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which includes North Carolina.
Several residents spoke out at Chapel Hill town council Monday night against a concept plan for a proposed mixed-use residential and retail development downtown. The University of North Carolina Wesley House, a Methodist student organization, is proposing the four story building to be located at the corner of West Rosemary and Church Street. The proposal includes demolishing three buildings to ...
Bob Hall of Democracy North Carolina boldly labels a public financing program for political candidates as honorable and voluntary ("Honorable alternatives for campaign financing," Nov. 5 Point of View article). He is wrong on both counts.
