One of the weirdest legislative races this year has been Guilford County’s House District 59, where redistricting put House Majority Whip Jon Hardister, R-Guilford, into a redrawn district where President Joe Biden got about 500 more votes than President Donald Trump.

Democrats running in highly competitive suburban races this year are going to great lengths to paint themselves as moderates.

Yesterday we reported on the N.C. Republican Party’s third-quarter fundraising and spending. As of Thursday, we have the N.C. Democratic Party’s numbers for comparison.

Which N.C. Senate districts will be the most competitive on Tuesday? For an idea, we can look to how the N.C. Senate Majority Fund is spending the $7.47 million it’s raised this cycle.

I’ll admit this district wasn’t on my list of competitive seats until I started seeing campaign ads in recent weeks.

In a hotly contested northern Wake County House race, Democratic N.C. Rep. Terence Everitt’s campaign has a new ad out this week tying his Republican opponent to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The N.C. Democratic Leadership Committee (the fundraising committee for Democrats on the Council of State) spent $2.18 million in the second quarter, almost all of it funneled to Gov. Roy Cooper’s campaign committee.

Weeks after Democrats cried foul over Photoshopped images in campaign ads, a TV commercial for a Democratic House candidate that features Gov. Roy Cooper also includes a fake mugshot for a Republican House candidate.

North Carolina election workers on a routine conference call Monday got an unexpected pep talk from former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

With an opportunity for Republicans to take control of the N.C. Supreme Court through 2028 (Democrats are playing defense in 2024 and 2026 for seats they currently hold), it’s no surprise that the two seats on the ballot this year have attracted unprecedented ad spending and attention.

Rep. Graig Meyer, D-Orange, is running for state Senate in a district where President Joe Biden won 65% of the vote. So it’s a bit surprising to see his campaign spending money on ads.

The Winston-Salem area has just one truly competitive legislative race, and this is it.

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