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April 14, 2026

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Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dead at 88

December 18, 2025 Gary D. Robertson
RALEIGH — Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in state politics in the late 20th century who helped leaders from both major parties strive for public education reform, died Thursday at […]
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Thom Tillis announces he won’t run for reelection in 2026

June 29, 2025 Cory Lavalette
RALEIGH — Republican Thom Tillis, North Carolina’s senior U.S. senator, announced Sunday that he will not seek a third term in Washington, D.C. Tillis pointed to the climate in Washington as his reason not to […]
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Democrats must defy history to win 2022 Senate race

December 29, 2021 Matt Mercer
RALEIGH — N.C. Democrats are confronting a trend working against them in the last 30 years of elections: they’ve won just two U.S. Senate races in that time frame.  In the 10 U.S. Senate races […]
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Late NC political giant Basnight remembered by ex-colleagues

September 22, 2021 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press
RALEIGH — Former colleagues of the late Senate leader Marc Basnight gathered Tuesday to remember his lasting contributions to North Carolina and to view a portrait of the Outer Banks Democrat that will hang in […]
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Notable North Carolinians we lost in 2019

December 27, 2019 North State Journal Staff
RALEIGH — The first woman to defeat another women in a race for U.S. Senate. The inventor of the ubiquitous UPC barcode. The pilot of Airwolf. Those are just a few of the notable North […]
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Former North Carolina US Sen Kay Hagan dies at age 66

October 28, 2019 North State Journal Staff & Wire Reports
RALEIGH — Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who rose from a budget writer in the North Carolina Legislature to a seat in the U.S. Senate, died Monday following a prolonged illness. She was 66. […]

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