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The 2020 races are set
RALEIGH — Candidate filing for the 2020 election cycle in North Carolina closed on Dec. 20 with a rush of electoral hopefuls seeking spots in the General Assembly and a congressional seat in the mountains. […]
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Elizabeth Warren’s souvenir wine bottle pops up in big-donor debate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a Saturday evening in June 2018, with temperatures in the 70s and the Red Sox playing at Fenway Park, supporters of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren gathered at the City Winery Boston […]
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Democrats threaten to boycott next debate over labor dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. — All seven Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week’s debate threatened on Friday to skip the event if an ongoing labor dispute forces them to cross picket lines on the campus […]
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Sen. Tillis: “I’m very confident” winning possible primary
RALEIGH — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis said on Monday he’s “very confident” that he’ll win any Republican primary he may be in — a reference to a North Carolina GOP congressman mulling an 11th-hour statewide […]
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Judges allow new NC Congress map for 2020
RALEIGH — North Carolina judges ordered a new U.S. House district map that Republican state legislators drew last month be used in the 2020 elections, deciding on Monday there wasn’t the time to scrutinize the […]
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General Assembly moves closer to new Congressional maps
RALEIGH — North Carolina legislators returned to Raleigh on Wednesday to redraw a new congressional district map for the 2020 elections after state judges determined the current U.S. House lines can’t be used because they’re […]
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Cooper vetoes bill that would remove illegal immigrants from voter rolls
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill on Wednesday that addressed potential unlawful voting in North Carolina by non-citizens but signed another that strengthens mail-in absentee balloting rules following evidence of fraud in a […]
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Warren stands by account of once being fired for pregnancy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elizabeth Warren is standing by her account of being fired from a teaching job nearly 50 years ago because she was pregnant — an anecdote that she routinely recounts at campaign events […]
Opinion
HILL: President Trump versus Elizabeth Warren 2020
When pundits look at who is running for president, they focus on two things: poll numbers and the amount of money raised. They should look at two other things: how many people show up at […]
Opinion
MATTHEWS: The rise and fall of Sen. Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign
After the first Democratic debate in June, Sen. Kamala Harris was on top of the world. The 2020 presidential candidate from California had bested longtime frontrunner Joe Biden during a heated back and forth over […]