The Wake County Democratic Party has picked another replacement candidate for Rep. Grier Martin. On Monday, party leaders selected Tim Longest to appear on November’s ballot to represent the left-leaning Raleigh House district.
It’s Election Day again in parts of North Carolina, but there’s a decent chance you might not have noticed even if you live in one of the 15 counties where polling places are open today.
As partisan suspicions over election administration continue to result in some misbehavior at the polls, the State Board of Elections announced some new proposed rules for polling place activities that it says are needed to ensure this fall’s elections run smoothly.
The Senate district being vacated by N.C. Sen Jeff Jackson, D-Mecklenburg, in southeastern Mecklenburg County is one of the most competitive districts in the Charlotte area. And Democrats have acknowledged it’ll be key to their efforts to stop a GOP supermajority in the Senate.
In a competitive Senate district that encompasses a broad swath of rural northeastern North Carolina, Republican N.C. Rep. Bobby Hanig and Board of Transportation member Valerie Jordan posted similar fundraising numbers for the second quarter.
With the new budget signed into law, photos are popping up on social media of legislators traipsing through their districts with oversized checks, not unlike the Publishers Clearing House prize patrol.
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N.C. Sen. Don Davis, D-Greene, entered July with a sizable fundraising advantage over Republican Sandy Smith, whose campaign account was drained by a hotly contested primary fight with Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson.
While the state’s community college system board reportedly encouraged President Thomas Stith to resign this week, the UNC System Board of Governors seems to be quite happy with its leader.
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In one of the state’s most competitive congressional races, Republican Bo Hines and Democratic N.C. Sen. Wiley Nickel posted similar fundraising totals for the second quarter. But Nickel had significantly more money in the bank entering July.
Not that long ago, every new COVID-19 executive order from Gov. Roy Cooper would be accompanied by a press conference and lots of news coverage. Cooper’s latest such order – and possibly his last – was issued quietly on Friday without even a news release.
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Sen. Bob Steinburg is making an early departure from the Senate seat he lost in the primary. He he’ll resign his seat on July 31, which gives him a head start on the six-month “cooling off” period required of legislators who want to become lobbyists.
