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When Drew Kromer became chair of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party last year, he had ambitious goals. Kromer found an unlikely benefactor: Jeff Blum, a 77-year-old New Yorker with Massachusetts ties who is a longtime Democratic Party organizer.
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“Are we going to invest our taxpayer dollars to help you get more wealthy?” Mecklenburg Commissioner Elaine Powell asked. “Or are we going to invest our tax dollars in areas where it’s necessary to reduce disparities?”
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Between 2010 and 2020, the 25 counties in North Carolina that Joe Biden won gained nearly 649,000 people. The 75 counties that Donald Trump in 2020 won added about 240,000. But from 2020 to 2023, the 25 counties that Biden won gained 175,000 people. The 75 counties that Trump won gained 206,000 people.
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The March 5 primary was the first statewide test of North Carolina's voter ID law. Of the 1.8 million people who voted, 473 had their ballots not counted because of photo ID. That’s one rejected ballot for every 3,800 voters.
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The fight over whether Republicans keep their supermajority in the General Assembly will come down to just a handful of legislative districts. There are 120 seats in the House. Almost all are preordained in terms of who will win.
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As the Republican Party stampedes ever further to the right, politicians who were once the vanguard of the conservative movement, like Dan Bishop, find themselves with plenty of company.
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Early voting is underway for the March 5 primary — the biggest election North Carolina has held under the state’s photo ID law. To get an idea of the impact of photo ID, Inside Politics is looking at the November 2023 election, which was mostly city and town contests across the state. A photo ID was also required for voters in that election, sort of a dry run for the much bigger contests this year.
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In his current bid for North Carolina commissioner of labor, Braxton Winston is facing a stiff political headwind: a difficulty (so far) in raising money.
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Though the district attorney's office is a state responsibility, Mecklenburg County sends the district attorney $3.6 million each year to hire additional prosecutors. The city of Charlotte chipped in roughly $313,000.
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The six Republican candidates for the 8th Congressional District were in near-total agreement most of the night at last week's debate, but pastor Mark Harris and Mecklenburg State Rep. John Bradford clashed a handful of times.