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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announces resignation effective June 30

May 7, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles will be resigning from office on June 30, according to a press release from a city spokesperson. “Serving as Charlotte’s mayor has been the honor of my life,” Lyles […]

Democratic state Sen. Terence Everitt abruptly resigns

April 29, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Sen. Terence Everitt (D-Wake) announced he is resigning from the General Assembly effective May 1. He represents District 18, covering all of Granville County and part of Wake County. Everitt, in a Facebook post […]

Rucho resigns from State Board of Elections

March 5, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina State Board of Elections member Bob Rucho resigned from the board Thursday morning. “I’m thankful for Bob Rucho’s service on the State Board of Elections,” State Auditor Dave Boliek, who oversees […]

Robeson County House Rep. Jarrod Lowery departing General Assembly Oct. 1

September 25, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina statehouse Rep. Jarrod Lowery (R-Robeson) will be leaving the General Assembly Oct. 1, according to his video post on X. “During my time in the General Assembly, we have been able […]

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Wake County Rep. Joe John resigns House seat after terminal diagnosis

January 20, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Rep. Joe John (D-Wake) has tendered his resignation from the North Carolina General Assembly after receiving a terminal throat cancer diagnosis. “It is with deep sorrow and a heavy heart that I announce […]

North Carolina House Democratic deputy leader Clemmons to resign from legislature

July 17, 2024 The Associated Press

GREENSBORO — The No. 2 leader of North Carolina House Democrats announced Tuesday she is stepping down from the General Assembly next month because she’s taking a new job within the University of North Carolina […]

Jim Perry resigns from state Senate

July 2, 2024 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — State Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) resigned Tuesday after he previously announced he would not seek reelection. “It is a special privilege to serve in the North Carolina Senate,” Perry, the Senate majority whip, […]

State Board of Education member resigns citing “trajectory towards activism”

February 8, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper will be getting a chance to appoint a new member to the North Carolina State Board of Education. Todd Chasteen, the northwest education region representative, resigned on Feb. 1, 2022. While […]

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ERICKSON: Resign

August 25, 2021 Erick Erickson

For four years, Democrats and much of the media demanded former President Donald Trump resign or the 25th Amendment be deployed to remove him from office. The complaints largely stemmed from grievance over the 2016 […]

MATTHEWS: The rise and fall of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

August 11, 2021 Stacey Matthews

Back in February, the dam broke for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on his disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic, specifically in terms of the nursing-home deaths his state saw from the virus. On March […]