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February 8, 2023

John Lewis

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MATTHEWS: The deaths of political figures bring out the worst in people, but it shouldn’t

August 4, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

Last month, we lost some notable political figures both nationally and locally. Civil rights icon and longtime U.S. House Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) passed away from pancreatic cancer on July 17 at the age of […]

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3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta

July 30, 2020 Jeff Martin, Associated Press

ATLANTA — John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. Three […]

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Pelosi, others hail John Lewis as ‘conscience’ of Congress

July 27, 2020 Bill Barrow and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a solemn display of bipartisan unity, congressional leaders praised the late Democratic Rep. John Lewis as a moral force for the nation on Monday in a Capitol Rotunda ceremony rich with […]

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Georgia Dems release finalists to replace Lewis on ballot

July 20, 2020 Ben Nadler, Associated Press

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats announced on Monday a list of five finalists who are under consideration to replace Rep. John Lewis on the November ballot. The finalists are: a state senator, a state representative, the […]

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John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

July 18, 2020 CALVIN WOODWARD and DESIREE SEALS

ATLANTA  — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated […]

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State board puts the Green Party on NC ballots

March 28, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. – The nine members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement unanimously voted Tuesday to put the N.C. Green Party on voter ballots across the state, along with Republicans, Democrats […]

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New NC Elections board members seek online process for ninth unaffiliated member

March 20, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Three Republican members of the new bipartisan North Carolina Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement are requesting that the division’s staff set up an online application process for the key ninth, and unaffiliated, […]

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