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North Carolina Republican lawmakers released new maps for Congress and the General Assembly last week. The state legislative maps look to cement their supermajorities. The congressional map uses some brutal gerrymanders to wipe out at least three Democratic seats, giving the GOP a boost in its efforts to keep the U.S. House in 2024.
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There has been a particularly spirited debate in the Black community over the CMS school bonds. Here's a look at the vote in a different way: The demographic headwinds CMS is facing.
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Last year, Democrats often complained the judicial system had become increasingly political, especially after the conservative U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But this spring, those concerns abated, temporarily at least. Can Democrats keep up a string of wins?
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson maintains a large lead in the Republican primary for North Carolina governor, according to a Meredith College Poll released Monday. Attorney General Josh Stein also has a significant advantage on the Democratic side.
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In this year’s Republican primary for North Carolina governor, former congressman Mark Walker is taking a very different path — and it might be the only chance he has to break through against frontrunner Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Walker, in an interview last week with Inside Politics said he doesn’t expect Robinson to participate in any debates before the March primary because his campaign team “won’t put him on the stage and let him trip all over himself.”
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The turnout for last week’s Charlotte primary election for mayor and City Council was abysmal. It was less than 5% of eligible voters, who were Democrats and unaffiliated. And it was about 4% of all registered voters, which includes Republicans and Libertarians, who couldn’t participate because they didn’t have primaries.
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Recent North Carolina political events all lead back to Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson. He recently released a video in which he told supporters that new congressional maps are coming — and that Republicans will “use that as an opportunity to take me out."
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The cities of Charlotte and Sanford are now holding municipal primary elections — the first in which voters must show photo ID under the 2018 constitutional amendment requiring it. Early voting started in Charlotte on Aug. 24. Since then, 556 people have voted in the city.
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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announced last week she is endorsing Wil Russell against incumbent Renee Johnson in the Democratic primary for District 4. Lyles historically does not do primary endorsements.
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A closer look at the charges against former Trump chief of staff and Freedom Caucus member Mark Meadows, and more on the sprawling indictment of Trump, Meadows and 17 others.