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Elections

State treasurer’s race update

Candidate stock holdings have emerged as an issue in the state treasurer’s race, with questions going toward the candidate whose financial disclosure doesn’t show any. The winner of the race between Republican nominee Brad Briner and Democratic nominee Wesley Harris will gain the authority to oversee investments of more than...

By Ray Gronberg

September 16, 2024

A debate about grocery price errors

Sarah Taber, who seeks to oust five-term Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler in the November election, says systemic overcharging by North Carolina retailers is an “important piece of the puzzle” behind high grocery prices. The Democratic Party candidate contended in a recent podcast with U.S. Rep Wiley Nickel that “it’s fairly...

By Ray Gronberg

September 6, 2024

No concession yet in key House race

Another N.C. House candidate where the vote tallies are close said Thursday that he’s not yet ready to concede defeat.

By Ray Gronberg

November 14, 2022

Meet your other new state legislators

There will be a lot of new legislators in January, and because many of them weren’t in competitive districts, odds are you haven’t heard much about them.

By Ray Gronberg

November 9, 2022

What the legislature’s new power dynamic means for 2023

t’s safe to say North Carolina saw the expected “Red Wave” in Tuesday’s election. But it was the sort of wave that’s strong enough to knock someone down, but not quite strong enough to drag them completely underwater.

By Ray Gronberg

November 9, 2022

Ad Watch: Business issues surface in attacks

New mailers in a close Wilson House race claim that Republican candidate Ken Fontenot “took cash” from “out-of-state billionaires” who own Wilson Medical Center, which has been under investigation for patient care issues.

By Ray Gronberg

November 7, 2022

NC’s strangest legislative race

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.

By Ray Gronberg

November 7, 2022

Democrats post $11 million fundraising haul

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.

By Ray Gronberg

November 4, 2022

Ranking N.C. Senate races by the money spent

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.

By Ray Gronberg

November 4, 2022

Campaign Spotlight: District 18

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

By Ray Gronberg

November 3, 2022

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