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What’s on the ballot in 2024?
RALEIGH — As election season wraps up one cycle and moves to the next, the eyes of North Carolina political junkies begin to gaze on what’s in store for 2024. At the national level, North Carolina […]
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NC House Republicans fall one seat short of supermajority
WINSTON-SALEM — The good news for N.C. House Republicans is they won a total of 71 seats in the General Assembly – the bad news, however, is it takes 72 to earn a supermajority. Tuesday […]
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Ted Budd defeats Cheri Beasley in North Carolina US Senate race
WINSTON-SALEM — Three-term U.S. Rep. Ted Budd has won North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race over Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley. With 87% of precincts reporting on election night, Budd led by over 130,000 votes. Budd, who will […]
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Republicans win supermajority in NC Senate
WINSTON-SALEM — North Carolina Senate Republicans added two seats to their column in the Nov. 8 election, attaining a 30-20 advantage with 99% of precincts reporting Tuesday night. Notable pickups included the 3rd state Senate […]
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Over $100 million spent in North Carolina U.S. Senate race in 2022
RALEIGH — New data shows that the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina passed $100 million in the waning days of the 2022 campaign cycle. As of Nov. 2 the total amount spent in the […]
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CNBC axes Shepard Smith’s nightly newscast after two years
NEW YORK — CNBC is canceling Shepard Smith’s nightly newscast after two years, with its new president saying he wanted to focus on the network’s core strength of business news. Smith, who is leaving the […]
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Pence tells North State Journal ‘freedom agenda’ will lead to success in midterm election for Republicans
RALEIGH — Former Vice President Mike Pence told North State Journal on Wednesday that he believes the issues Republicans are running on this year aligns with a freedom agenda for the American people. Pence appeared […]
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Triad Congressional race tightens heading into Election Day
RALEIGH — Increasing negative attacks from incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning on her opponent, Republican Christian Castelli, shows that the race is closer than many pundits predicted when the 6th District was redrawn earlier […]
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Former NC senator, newspaper publisher Stan Bingham dies
DENTON — Former North Carolina state Sen. Stan Bingham, a businessman and newspaper publisher whose anecdotes and good-naturedness endeared him to colleagues from both parties, died on Oct. 27 at age 76. Bingham died at […]
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Heritage Sentinel Fund goes after Beasley over murder case
RALEIGH — Heritage Sentinel Fund jumped into North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race this week with a $1 million ad hitting Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley over her representation of a man convicted of murder an N.C. […]