I wrote earlier this week about the lack of debates in congressional races across the state. But there’s a similar dynamic in state legislative races as well.

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.

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.

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.

I’ve got a confession to make: I didn’t watch Friday’s U.S. Senate debate live. I was out to dinner with my family at 8 p.m. on Friday, kicking off the weekend – and I suspect I wasn’t the only North Carolinian doing something else.

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The latest High Point University poll took a unique approach to polling voters on the key issues in this year’s election: They named a series of topics and asked whether Democrats or Republicans in North Carolina would do a better job handling that issue.

The State Board of Elections is still worried about potential problems at polling places involving partisan observers and others who might be disruptive to the process.

Tonight is debate night – and the only debate night scheduled – in the U.S. Senate race. Most of the folks that take time on a Friday evening to tune in will be politically active types who already know who they’re voting for.

For the first time in years, Democrats have the potential to pick up a House seat in fast-growing Cabarrus County. But it's far from guaranteed.

We’re several weeks into the absentee voting by mail period, so we now have some raw data about how the election is going – with many, many caveats. Read too deeply into the tea leaves at this point without the proper context, and you’re bound to be disappointed.

Rep. Rachel Hunt’s decision to run for Senate instead of re-election created an open contest in a corner of Mecklenburg County that makes for one of the blue county’s few remaining competitive districts.

A pair of new polls released Thursday both show an extremely tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd.

House Democratic Leader Robert Reives says his opponent’s attack ads have gone too far, “dragging in” his family members as the campaign for his House seat in Chatham and Randolph counties heats up.

High Point University’s Survey Research Center released a new poll this week, and while this one didn’t assess the state of the U.S. Senate race or other top ballot contests, it did offer some interesting insights