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Campaign Spotlight: House District 36

One of Wake County’s most competitive races is on the southern end of the county, where Republicans are hoping they can flip a House seat and have more than just one member of their party in the Wake delegation.

By Ray Gronberg

October 26, 2022

Voter turnout higher than 2018 so far

Voter turnout so far exceeds the totals posted at this point in the 2018 midterms, but it’s hard to say exactly what that means.

By Ray Gronberg

October 26, 2022

Poll Watch: U.S. Senate

A second poll this week shows Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Budd with a slight lead that, if accurate, would get the race out of the “dead heat” territory where it’s been for months.

By Ray Gronberg

October 24, 2022

Campaign Spotlight: House District 98

One of Mecklenburg County’s most competitive districts features a rematch between candidates who have already faced off in two previous elections – each winning once.

By Ray Gronberg

October 24, 2022

Millions in outside ad spending to shape N.C. Supreme Court races

While N.C. Supreme Court candidates are busy pledging to take politics out of the judicial branch, several dark money groups backing both sides are injecting millions of dollars worth of ads into the races. Those ads tie the candidates to hot-button issues like abortion, crime and law enforcement funding.

By Ray Gronberg

October 20, 2022

Follow The Money: Federal campaign fundraising

Third-quarter campaign finance reports are in for the U.S. Senate and congressional races, giving us a look at the health of the campaigns entering the final month of election season.

By Ray Gronberg

October 18, 2022

A website oops for Supreme Court candidates

An essential checklist item before launching a political campaign is to make sure you’ve registered websites for YourName.com. If you don’t own the domain name that most closely matches your name, your opponents will quickly snap it up.

By Ray Gronberg

October 17, 2022

National Democrats spending big to help Don Davis

By most metrics, North Carolina’s 13th district congressional race (Republican Bo Hines versus Democratic N.C. Sen. Wiley Nickel) is considered more competitive than the 1st district congressional race, where Republican Sandy Smith faces Democratic N.C. Sen. Don Davis.

By Ray Gronberg

October 14, 2022

Campaign Spotlight: House District 25

Republicans have fallen short for several cycles in their efforts to win more legislative districts around Wilson and Rocky Mount. They’re hoping the political environment this year could mean vulnerable Democratic incumbents in this area.

By Ray Gronberg

October 14, 2022

No debate in key congressional races

Speaking of debates, Friday’s event may have been one of only two televised debates in North Carolina this year. In the 11th congressional district, N.C. Sen. Chuck Edwards debated Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara on Monday night, but I’m not aware of any others.

By Ray Gronberg

October 12, 2022

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