If Cawthorn had to win a majority of votes in a head-to-head match-up with Edwards, he’d face tough odds. But here’s the thing: Cawthorn doesn’t need 50% of GOP primary voters to support him. He just needs 30%.

Once it became clear that they’d be running against a fellow incumbent senator in the GOP primary, both Sens. Bob Steinburg and Norm Sanderson took to fundraising in the final months of 2021.

Just a few miles from the VinFast site, fast-growing Harnett County will be getting its second N.C. House member this year.

U.S. Rep. Ted Budd’s campaign on Monday touted a new poll commissioned by the conservative N.C. Values Coalition. It’s got Budd in the lead with 32% over former Gov. Pat McCrory at 29% – although the lead is within the poll’s margin of error.

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N.C. Sen. Wiley Nickel, D-Wake, is out with one of the first TV ads in the crowded 13th District congressional race. Nickel’s ad highlights his ties to his onetime boss, former President Barack Obama, and urges support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Another national PAC is coming after former Gov. Pat McCrory with new attack ads. An ad that surfaced Wednesday from the Conservative Outsider PAC paints McCrory as a supporter of immigration sanctuary city policies, using a clip of comments he made about immigrants years ago as Charlotte mayor.

While the two races for N.C. Supreme Court will be hotly contested this year, only one has a primary.

U.S. Rep. Ted Budd’s campaign has been facing some ridicule on Twitter for a fundraising email in which it said that “Duke, UNC and Wake Forest are preparing to make a run to the Final Four.”

Two incumbent Democrats are facing off in Senate District 4, which includes Wilson, Wayne and Greene counties. Veteran Sen. Toby Fitch, D-Wilson, is fending off a challenge from Rep. Raymond Smith, D-Wayne and a former school board member in Wayne County.

Veteran N.C. Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, has decided to delay her retirement date from the House.