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Hall channels campaign money to caucus members

House Speaker Destin Hall has raised $1.2 million so far in the 2025-26 election cycle, his most recent report to the State Board of Elections says. His campaign’s fundraising includes $296,000 in PAC money. Max-level, $6,800 PAC donors in the second half of 2025 include groups representing the Cherokee and...

By Ray Gronberg

February 20, 2026

Sadler outraising Cunningham for upcoming primary

The Rev. Rodney Sadler has raised more than twice as much money for his state House party primary as District 106 incumbent Rep. Carla Cunningham. Year-end finance reports to the State Board of Elections show that Sadlerpulled in just under $121,820. Cunningham raised $57,449, but started the race with a...

By Ray Gronberg

February 17, 2026

Stein: No place for antisemitism among Democrats

Gov. Josh Stein has denounced comments from a state Democratic Party activist who in social-media postings equated Zionism to Nazism. “Antisemitic comments and conspiracy theories have no place anywhere, including in the N.C. Democratic Party,” Stein said. “We must fight against antisemitism and all other forms of hate whenever and...

By Ray Gronberg

February 12, 2026

Measmer leading Crutchfield in fundraising

When it comes to General Assembly primaries, the Phil Berger-Sam Page GOP battle in Senate District 26 commands most of the attention for understandable reasons. But it’s not the only show in town. Down in Cabarrus County, appointed incumbent Sen. Chris Measmer is trying to hold on to the seat...

By Ray Gronberg

February 11, 2026

Page fundraising now at $46K

State campaign-finance reports are still trickling in, but in the most closely-watched legislative primary, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page says he’d raised $46,466 as of the end of 2025. This includes $20,903 in new receipts as of the second half of the year. Page is running in the District 26...

By Ray Gronberg

February 10, 2026

Charlotte hearing: Brickbats for the sheriff, flowers for everyone else

With one prominent exception, Monday’s House oversight hearing into Charlotte’s safety situation turned into a bit of a love fest. Appearances from Mecklenburg County DA Spencer Merriweather, Mayor Vi Lyles, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson and City Manager Marcus Jones came and went with barely a word of criticism. “I...

By Ray Gronberg

February 10, 2026

Berger adds to campaign war chest

Senate leader Phil Berger’s fundraising haul for the 2025-26 election cycle has topped $2.4 million, far exceeding the total reported by his rival for the District 26 GOP nomination. The longtime Rockingham County legislator’s campaign banked another $684,268 during the second half of 2025, according to its report to the...

By Ray Gronberg

February 10, 2026

Rep. Paré criticizes Wake property tax decisions

Rep. Erin Paré, R-Wake, a co-chair of the House select committee on property taxes, has been hammering local governments in her county for letting their tax burdens rise. Recent Twitter posts from Paré have singled out tax increases affecting residents of Zebulon and Wendell, eastern Wake suburbs that aren’t in...

By Ray Gronberg

February 5, 2026

Senate launches its own property tax panel

Senate leader Phil Berger is following House Speaker Destin Hall in setting up a select committee to deal with rising property tax rates. Unlike Hall, Berger has decided that the Senate’s review won’t be bipartisan. His office announced the appointment Tuesday of an all-Republican panel to conduct the Senate’s review....

By Ray Gronberg

February 4, 2026

Insurance Dept. sees no fraud in Rockingham Co. dispute

North Carolina’s Department of Insurance closed the books on a complaintalleging that Rockingham County officials illegally asked the county’s insurance to pay for their defense against a libel lawsuit. “We received a complaint related to the Rockingham County commissioners. We reviewed it and closed it because of no evidence of...

By Ray Gronberg

January 30, 2026

Immigration battle changing political calculus, some Dems say

Federal immigration crackdowns are politicizing and energizing Americans in ways that haven’t happened in decades, a group of Black politicians and political activists say. But both political parties are behind the curve in dealing with the ramifications, said former state Rep. Chaz Beasley and other participants in a Thursday media...

By Ray Gronberg

January 26, 2026

Buckhout claims $2M+ war chest

First District Congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout says she’s raised more than $2 million so far in her second bid for the U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Don Davis. The Republican also says she intends to launch “a six-figure television and digital advertising campaign in the district,” which covers...

By Ray Gronberg

January 21, 2026

Weekend poll shows Page leading District 26 race

A new poll that was in the field over the weekend shows Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page with a 39% to 34% advantage over Senate leader Phil Berger in the District 26 Republican primary. That’s effectively showing the race as a toss-up, as the spread is well within the poll’s...

By Ray Gronberg

January 21, 2026

Berger up 4 in race with Page, poll says

A new poll is claiming that Senate leader Phil Berger has about a four percentage point lead in his District 26 GOP primary battle against Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. That effectively makes the race “a total tossup,” in a battle where “both sides are running horrible campaigns,” said Rick...

By Ray Gronberg

January 9, 2026

Former state GOP official helping Cunningham

The legal team that drafted Rep. Carla Cunningham’s petition to remove Mecklenburg County’s sheriff from office includes a former N.C. Republican Party operative. Philip Thomas, one of the two lawyers who worked on the petition, was the state GOP’s chief counsel from the spring of 2020 to the start of...

By Ray Gronberg

January 6, 2026

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