North Carolina GOP executive director elected as next state chairman
8 months, 3 weeks ago

North Carolina GOP executive director elected as next state chairman

Associated Press  

SELMA, N.C. — North Carolina Republican activists have chosen the person running the state party’s day-to-day operations to become its next chairman, succeeding Michael Whatley after he was elevated to lead the Republican National Committee earlier this month. Members of the state GOP’s Executive Committee voting Tuesday night in Johnston County elected party Executive Director Jason Simmons as state chairman over Lee County party Chairman Jim Womack by a more than 2-to-1 margin, a party spokesperson said. Simmons has strong political ties to Trump, having worked as state director on Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in North Carolina and overseeing Trump campaign operations in some Southeast states in 2020. Jason will be fantastic for the MAGA Movement.” Whatley heads a new RNC leadership team that includes Trump daughter-in-law and North Carolina native Lara Trump as the committee co-chair.

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Trump appears to forget where he is at North Carolina rally
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump appears to forget where he is at North Carolina rally

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Donald Trump appears at a Kinston, North Carolina …

Trump's Rallying in North Carolina Every Day Until Election: A Crucial Battle for the Presidency
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump's Rallying in North Carolina Every Day Until Election: A Crucial Battle for the Presidency

Deccan Chronicle  

Trump will spend every day in North Carolina until Election Day, a flurry of late activity in the only swing state that he won twice. His extensive campaign schedule includes rallies in Gastonia, Greensboro, Salem, Kinston, and Raleigh, bringing his total events in the state to nine. While his team is confident about his chances, Democrats see his attention on …

Kamala Harris Makes Push In North Carolina, The Only Swing State Biden Lost
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kamala Harris Makes Push In North Carolina, The Only Swing State Biden Lost

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RALEIGH, N.C. — Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off a final sprint of campaigning in swing states ahead of next week’s election by urging North Carolina supporters on Wednesday to take advantage of the final days of early voting. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally at the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre on Wednesday in North …

Support from rural Democrats will be crucial for Harris to win this swing state
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Support from rural Democrats will be crucial for Harris to win this swing state

NPR  

Support from rural Democrats will be crucial for Harris to win this swing state North Carolina has more rural voters than any other 2024 presidential swing state, and canvassing groups are working to turn out voters in one purple county as early voting continues in the state. DETROW: This is the exact type of work that North Carolina State Democratic …

2024 Election in North Carolina: What to Expect on Election Day
2 months ago

2024 Election in North Carolina: What to Expect on Election Day

Associated Press  

The 2024 presidential and gubernatorial elections in North Carolina will be held on Nov. 5. The state is a key battleground in the race for the White House, with polls tightening since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July. The race for governor is also competitive, with Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson facing Democratic state Attorney General …

What the campaign feels like in North Carolina
2 months ago

What the campaign feels like in North Carolina

Politico  

What the campaign feels like in North Carolina Vice President Kamala Harris gives a thumbs up as she walks off stage after speaking during a campaign rally at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, on Oct. 13. In the past few elections, registered Black voters in North Carolina have seen a lower-than-statewide average turnout rate, while White voters are …

Eric Adams and Mark Robinson have been engulfed in separate scandals. Could either affect the Trump-Harris presidential race?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Eric Adams and Mark Robinson have been engulfed in separate scandals. Could either affect the Trump-Harris presidential race?

ABC  

Welcome back to your weekly update on US politics, where North America bureau chief Jade Macmillan catches you up on the biggest developments in America as we hurtle towards election day in November. So when the mayor of America's biggest metropolis was charged with taking illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals this week, the political shock waves were felt far …

Trump Returns To North Carolina Without Allegedly Self-Described 'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson
3 months ago

Trump Returns To North Carolina Without Allegedly Self-Described 'Black Nazi' Mark Robinson

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WILMINGTON, N.C. — Donald Trump returns to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state that both Democrats and Republicans are treating as increasingly critical to victory in November. Donald Trump, left, and Mark Robinson Getty/Kevin Dietsch and AP/Julia Nikhinson and Robinson has denied writing the posts, which include lewd and racist comments, saying Thursday …

Embattled NC Republican must take 'legal action' — or 'accountability': GOP senator
3 months ago

Embattled NC Republican must take 'legal action' — or 'accountability': GOP senator

Raw Story  

North Carolina's Republican senior U.S. senator on Friday evening called for the state's embattled GOP gubernatorial candidate to make a decision: take accountability or take legal action. Mark Robinson has denied an explosive report this week from CNN's KFILE that he praised slavery and called himself a "Black Nazi" on a pornographic message board years before entering politics. Sen. Thom …

Trump reshaped the North Carolina Republican Party — it could cost him the state
3 months ago

Trump reshaped the North Carolina Republican Party — it could cost him the state

The Independent  

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GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina has a history of inflammatory words. It could cost Trump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina has a history of inflammatory words. It could cost Trump

Associated Press  

COLFAX, N.C. — North Carolina conservatives who gathered recently over coffee and pancakes at the Olympic Family Restaurant to support Republican Lt. Gov. “Mark Robinson is the chief spokesperson for the Josh Stein attack campaign,” said Paul Shumaker, a veteran GOP consultant whose clients included a candidate who lost to Robinson in the primary. He said moderate North Carolina Republicans …

North Carolina has become a top target for both Harris and Trump campaigns
3 months, 3 weeks ago

North Carolina has become a top target for both Harris and Trump campaigns

Raw Story  

In the month since President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have made a combined four campaign stops to North Carolina. Both candidates have focused their visits on the seven battleground states that are crucial for the path to the White House: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and …

Roy Cooper: ‘Extreme’ GOP candidates could help Harris win North Carolina
4 months ago

Roy Cooper: ‘Extreme’ GOP candidates could help Harris win North Carolina

Raw Story  

Roy Cooper thinks down-ballot races will help Vice President Kamala Harris win the Tar Heel State, he said at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. Speaking to POLITICO journalist Ryan Lizza at a Q&A event, Cooper predicted strong voter turnout to prevent “extreme” right wing candidates from winning office. “I have a 2008 feeling about North Carolina, and we know …

What you should know about North Carolina’s race for governor
7 months ago

What you should know about North Carolina’s race for governor

Associated Press  

North Carolina has been an underappreciated political battleground recently and not gotten the same attention as nearby Georgia or Florida or the traditional campaign hotbeds of the Rust Belt. That is changing in 2024, partly because of a potentially historic governor’s race that pits North Carolina’s centrist tendencies against the rise of populist conservatism in the era of Donald Trump. …

Opinion: This candidate for governor may just out-MAGA Trump. But can he win in November?
9 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: This candidate for governor may just out-MAGA Trump. But can he win in November?

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Douglas Heye, who served as the deputy chief of staff to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, is a GOP strategist. CNN — I’ve seen plenty of gritty election campaigns in my home state of North Carolina going back to the famously combative 1984 race between conservative Sen. Jesse Helms and his Democratic challenger Jim Hunt. Douglas Heye …

National Republican Chairman Whatley won’t keep other job leading North Carolina GOP
9 months, 1 week ago

National Republican Chairman Whatley won’t keep other job leading North Carolina GOP

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — New Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley will resign from his other position leading the North Carolina GOP later this month. A North Carolina GOP spokesperson said last week that the state party’s bylaws don’t prohibit someone from serving simultaneously as state and national chairman. “Given our position as a key battleground state, we have an immense …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect from North Carolina’s state and presidential primaries
9 months, 3 weeks ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect from North Carolina’s state and presidential primaries

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Voters in North Carolina will decide a full slate of primaries Tuesday, including contested races for governor, U.S. House and other offices, not to mention the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Here’s a look at what to expect on election night: ELECTION DAY The North Carolina presidential and state primaries will be held on Super Tuesday, March 5. …

North Carolina’s 5 open congressional seats drawing candidates in droves
9 months, 3 weeks ago

North Carolina’s 5 open congressional seats drawing candidates in droves

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — With five members of North Carolina’s U.S. House delegation declining to run this year, next week’s primaries have attracted dozens of Republican candidates seeking what could become extended time on Capitol Hill. McDowell’s rivals include Bo Hines, who received Trump’s endorsement when he won the 13th District GOP nomination in 2022, and Walker, who served in Congress …

South Carolina GOP Primary 2024: Donald Trump aiming to embarrass Nikki Haley in her home state
9 months, 4 weeks ago

South Carolina GOP Primary 2024: Donald Trump aiming to embarrass Nikki Haley in her home state

Hindustan Times  

Former President Donald Trump is looking to win his fourth straight primary state on Saturday over Nikki Haley in South Carolina, aiming to hand a home-state embarrassment to his last remaining major rival for the Republican nomination. I don’t think many people can.” Trump has swept into the state for a handful of large rallies in between fundraisers and events …

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina backs Donald Trump over Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary
11 months ago

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina backs Donald Trump over Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Donald Trump has picked up another endorsement from Nikki Haley’s home state of South Carolina, with Rep. Nancy Mace backing the former president in this year’s GOP presidential primary. Also on Monday, Rep. Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s final unaffiliated Republican House member, said on X that Trump had his “full endorsement.” Rep. Ralph Norman is backing Haley. …

Trump will be joined by South Carolina leaders at New Hampshire rally as he tries to undercut Haley
11 months ago

Trump will be joined by South Carolina leaders at New Hampshire rally as he tries to undercut Haley

The Independent  

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DeSantis plans to go from Iowa to South Carolina, instead of New Hampshire, as he targets Haley
11 months, 1 week ago

DeSantis plans to go from Iowa to South Carolina, instead of New Hampshire, as he targets Haley

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. DES MOINES, Iowa — Ron DeSantis is taking his battle with Nikki Haley directly to her home state, planning to head straight to South Carolina — which holds the first GOP votes in the South — after Monday’s Iowa caucuses. A CNN/UNH poll conducted in New Hampshire this week suggested …

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore formally announces bid for Congress in 2024
1 year, 1 month ago

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore formally announces bid for Congress in 2024

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore formally announced his bid for the U.S. House on Tuesday, competing for a south-central district seat redrawn just a few weeks ago by the Republican-dominated General Assembly. “I’ve been proud to serve with a conservative Republican majority in the …

North Carolina Republicans enact voting changes that weaken governor’s ability to oversee elections
1 year, 2 months ago

North Carolina Republicans enact voting changes that weaken governor’s ability to oversee elections

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Republicans enacted vote-count restrictions and weakened the governor’s ability to oversee elections on Tuesday by overriding Democratic Gov. One new North Carolina law would eliminate the governor’s power to appoint the State Board of Elections and give it to legislative leaders, while the other would end a three-day grace period to receive and count absentee …

North Carolina legislature gives final OK to election board changes, with governor’s veto to follow
1 year, 3 months ago

North Carolina legislature gives final OK to election board changes, with governor’s veto to follow

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C — The North Carolina General Assembly gave final approval on Friday to Republican-backed legislation that would shift control of the State Board of Elections away from the governor and give it to lawmakers as the 2024 elections get underway. Cooper already has promised to veto it, saying it’s a GOP power play that would result in stalemates on …

North Carolina House approves election board takeover ahead of 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

North Carolina House approves election board takeover ahead of 2024

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Republican effort to shift control of the North Carolina State Board of Elections from the governor to legislators closed in on final General Assembly approval Tuesday as the House passed a bill that could oust the state elections director a few months before the November 2024 election. Democratic Rep. Allen Buansi, of Orange County, raised concern …

North Carolina Republicans seek control over state and local election boards ahead of 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

North Carolina Republicans seek control over state and local election boards ahead of 2024

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor’s party — almost always the Democrats for over a century. Republicans say the current makeup of the state and local boards means decisions on contentious election matters fall to what the governor’s party wants, …

Nominating Trump Could Lose North Carolina For Republicans, But His Fans Don’t Care
1 year, 6 months ago

Nominating Trump Could Lose North Carolina For Republicans, But His Fans Don’t Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING GREENSBORO, N.C. — If Republicans choose Donald Trump as their 2024 nominee and wind up losing North Carolina for the first time since 2008, activists like Camilla Zapolsky will be a big reason why. “I think you’re seeing the same transformation in North Carolina,” said Morgan Jackson, a top political adviser to the state’s Democratic governor, Roy …

North Carolina Republicans seek to strip Democrat governor of elections board control
1 year, 6 months ago

North Carolina Republicans seek to strip Democrat governor of elections board control

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Senate Republicans filed legislation Monday to strip Gov. Roy Cooper of power to appoint State Board of Elections members, intensifying a yearslong struggle over state government powers between the GOP-led General Assembly and the Democratic governor. In a news release, Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, a Wake County Democrat, called the bill a “power grab, …

Trump kicks-off 2024 bid with 'intimate' South Carolina rally
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump kicks-off 2024 bid with 'intimate' South Carolina rally

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump is finally hitting the campaign trail Saturday as he heads to Salem, New Hampshire and Columbia, South Carolina in a one-day, two-state swing more than two-and-a-half months after announcing his third consecutive White House candidacy. In the afternoon the former president will be joined at his rally at the South Carolina State Capitol by GOP Senator Lindsey Graham …

Trump advisers scrambling to round up GOP support and attendees for rally next week
1 year, 11 months ago

Trump advisers scrambling to round up GOP support and attendees for rally next week

Raw Story  

With Donald Trump expected to finally leave Mar-a-Lago and kick off his 2024 presidential campaign next week, the Washington Post reports it might be a lonely affair as fellow Republican officeholders are begging off from attending in a key conservative state. The report notes, "the appeals have run headlong into a complicated new reality: Many of the state’s lawmakers and …

Nickel wins North Carolina US House seat over GOP’s Hines
2 years, 1 month ago

Nickel wins North Carolina US House seat over GOP’s Hines

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Democratic state Sen. Wiley Nickel defeated Republican political newcomer Bo Hines for an open U.S. House seat in a competitive district along Raleigh’s southern border, marking one of Democrats’ few major successes in the Southern swing state. With Nickel’s win in …

NC’s Roy Cooper elected to lead Democratic governors’ group
3 years ago

NC’s Roy Cooper elected to lead Democratic governors’ group

Associated Press  

N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has been formally chosen to lead the Democratic Governors Association next year, spearheading efforts to help the party’s nominees win more in a big gubernatorial year ahead. Cooper, the current vice chair and chair-elect in 2021, was elected chair on Saturday, according to social media posts by the association, which met in New …

Noem to headline GOP event in early-voting South Carolina
3 years, 5 months ago

Noem to headline GOP event in early-voting South Carolina

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, possibly mulling a 2024 White House bid, is making her debut in South Carolina next month — an introductory step in the first Southern state to cast Republican-primary votes for president. Noem will speak Aug. 23 at the “Faith & Freedom BBQ” in Anderson, the event’s host, U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan, told …

Trump to GOP: Support candidates who ‘stand for our values’
3 years, 6 months ago

Trump to GOP: Support candidates who ‘stand for our values’

Associated Press  

Donald Trump on Saturday pushed Republicans to support candidates who are loyal to him in next year’s midterm elections as the former president launched a new more active phase of his post presidency. “The survival of America depends on our ability to elect Republicans at every level starting with the midterms next year,” Trump charged early in a rambling speech …

In backing South Carolina GOP chair, Trump remains active
3 years, 10 months ago

In backing South Carolina GOP chair, Trump remains active

The Independent  

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N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race
3 years, 10 months ago

N. Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson enters US Senate race

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina state senator announced Tuesday that he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2022, hoping to flip fortunes for Democrats from his state to serve in the chamber after a string of defeats. In contrast with North Carolina’s hyper-nationalized Senate race in 2020, Jackson said he’ll attempt to turn his campaign inward by pledging to …

Mark Walker takes early jump into N. Carolina Senate race
4 years ago

Mark Walker takes early jump into N. Carolina Senate race

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Outgoing North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker on Tuesday announced his bid to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr in 2022, a path the Republican indicated a year ago he’d pursue after his House district shifted to the left during an unscheduled redistricting. Walker had considered challenging Sen. Thom Tillis in the 2020 Republican primary, particularly after GOP …

North Carolina ‘essential for Trump’, less so for Biden
4 years, 1 month ago

North Carolina ‘essential for Trump’, less so for Biden

Al Jazeera  

Both parties are putting in the effort to vie for the critical battleground state’s 15 electoral votes. “I think North Carolina is one of the most critical, if not the most critical, state in the country,” said Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University. North Carolina “is essential to Trump,” said Steven Greene, a political science professor …

North Carolina GOP candidate refusing to take down ugly religious and racist Facebook smears as GOP looks the other way
4 years, 2 months ago

North Carolina GOP candidate refusing to take down ugly religious and racist Facebook smears as GOP looks the other way

Raw Story  

On Saturday, the News & Observerreported on a series of anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, and transphobic Facebook rants by Mark Robinson, an African-American gun rights activist who won the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor of North Carolina in a surprising upset earlier this year. Meanwhile, the North Carolina Republican Party has not commented on the issue and "continues to run ads featuring …

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