North Carolina held two odd-year congressional elections yesterday. Both resulted in Republican victories, giving that party a shot of confidence heading into the 2020 ... Keep Reading
2019 congressional elections
NC 9 is looking like another nail-biter. NC 3? Not so much.
So far, polls and early voting suggests that the September 10 congressional elections are going about as expected, with the 9th District race being another close one and the 3rd ... Keep Reading
More weirdness from Robeson County two weeks before election day
Over the years, we have come to expect election-year problems from politicians in Robeson County. Of course, we are having a redo of the 9th Congressional District due to ... Keep Reading
Voting in September 10 election has begun and Vote Tracker is up
The first seven absentee-by-mail ballots in the September 10 elections were submitted yesterday. All seven were submitted to the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections. Of those ... Keep Reading
Murphy’s easy runoff win makes GOP victory in 3rd District election more likely
State Representative Greg Murphy (R – Pitt) easily won a runoff (second primary) for the Republican nomination to replace the late Rep. Walter Jones, getting nearly sixty percent ... Keep Reading
Dan McCready wisely avoids progressive Democrats and causes
In a post last week, I noted that the 9th Congressional District race between Democrat Dan McCready and Republican Dan Bishop would boil down to McCready trying to prove that ... Keep Reading
Third district special primary was an insider’s game
Both major-party winners of yesterday’s 3rd district special primary election are political insiders, although the Republican winner was forced into a second (runoff) primary for ... Keep Reading
NC 3rd CD special election: a crowded field and a likely Republican win
NOTE: This post has been updated to include candidates from the Libertarian and Constitution parties. The race to fill the late Rep. Walter Jones’ seat in the NC 3rd ... Keep Reading
The 2019 NC congressional primaries are on and Vote Tracker is up
Absentee voting in the 3rd Congressional District has begun. As always, whenever there is congressional or statewide voting going on in North Carolina the Civitas Institute will be ... Keep Reading
