(See update with a statement from UNC-Pembroke below.) The chaos that swirls around Gov. Roy Cooper's NC State Board of Elections (SBE) shows no sign of slowing down. I noted ... Keep Reading
9th congressional district
With ballot harvesting operations in 9th District shut down, Bishop wins redo election
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
All politics are local and a few other thoughts on NC 9
It was former U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neal who is famous for popularizing the phrase, "all politics is local." His main point being that constituents or voters ultimately vote on ... Keep Reading
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 to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 1
Who is Lola Wooten and why was Dan McCready’s lawyer trying to obscure her? An attorney for Dan McCready, Marc Elias, attempted to raise doubts about there being any ... 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
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
9th District race is between a lighting rod and a cipher
Dan Bishop easily won yesterday’s Republican primary, setting up a general election contest with Democrat Dan McCready. Other candidates in the general elections are Libertarian ... Keep Reading
Little crossover voting in 9th District Republican primary
On March 27, I wrote on the potential for “crossover voters” (people who usually affiliate with one party who vote in the primary of another party) to influence the outcome of the ... Keep Reading
Crossover voters and the potential for more chaos in the 9th District
The Republican primary in the new 9th Congressional District race is looking less and less like strictly an affair for Republicans and folks who tend to vote Republican. The ... Keep Reading