In North Carolina Senate Race, Tillis Calibrates Ties to Trump
When President Donald Trump fired up a crowd at a North Carolina airport last week, he gave a...
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NC Senator Tillis Apologizes for Failing to Keep Mask on at White House
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis said on Friday he “fell short of my own standard” by failing to...
Read MoreNew North Carolina Poll Shows Developments in Presidential, Senate Races
New numbers from Public Policy Polling collected in North Carolina this past week provide some interesting insight into where voters stand during this current election cycle, especially when it comes to the Senate race between...
Read MorePopulism vs. Pragmatism Underpins NC Senate Primary
Voters seeking to take back a U.S. Senate seat in closely divided North Carolina must choose whether liberal populism or centrist pragmatism is best suited to unseat Republican incumbent Thom Tillis, a devotee of President...
Read MoreFiling Period Has Ended for 2020 Primaries: Who’s Running?
Filing period for the March 2020 primaries closed Friday at noon after being open since the first week of December. Races for the Board of Orange County Commissioners and a seat on the county’s district court will be...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Readying for 2020 Senate Race
When Senator Thom Tillis ran against Kay Hagan in 2014, it became the most expensive Congressional race at the time. The two candidates combined spending topped $100 million, according to the Center of Responsive Politics. With...
Read MoreChapel Hill Mayor Calls Trump’s Decision to Rescind DACA ‘Really Disheartening’
The United States Attorney General made the announcement last week that the Trump Administration plans to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program created by former President Barack Obama gives...
Read MoreTillis Claims Republican U.S. Senate Nomination
State House Speaker Thom Tillis beat out seven Republican challengers for the chance to take on U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in the November general election. Tillis avoided a run-off, receiving 46.13 percent of the vote. His closest...
Read MorePoll: Tillis Widening Gap In N.C. Republican Senate Race
“We’ve really found that Thom Tillis has blown open the Republican Senate primary over the last month…”
Read MoreRepublican Senate Primary Tied In NC; Tillis’ Numbers Drop
“With eight candidates, and all of them so closely bunched together, it is looking more and more likely that this is going to be headed for a run-off…”
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