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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.
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In North Carolina and other states, attorneys general have become the main people fighting federal policies they don't like, on the left and right. Now, N.C.'s attorney general race will present voters with a stark choice in 2024.
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There’s a poll that may interest you if you crave presidential election analysis that doesn’t involve Hunter Biden or the myriad of growing indictments against former President Donald Trump. It’s not the typical “horse race” poll. No, this poll from the Survey Center on American Life, which is part of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, gauges the preferences of “double doubters.”
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North Carolina remains one of the most strict states when it comes to marijuana. The Old North state is one of just 12 states that doesn’t allow either recreational or medical marijuana. But while state lawmakers are squabbling over medical marijuana, they are missing the (hemp) forest for the trees.
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North Carolina's Pat McCrory is enjoying a second act — or third act, perhaps — as one of four co-chairs of the centrist group No Labels. McCrory said the group is trying to reorient American politics toward the middle. He said the two parties are only catering to their bases and “killing civility.”
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North Carolina Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Josh Stein announced last week he has raised nearly $6 million, which his campaign called “record-breaking.” WFAE's Steve Harrison sat down with Stein last week in Greensboro. Here are excerpts from their conversation.
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Voting could soon look different in North Carolina, thanks to a sweeping elections bill filed by state Republican lawmakers that would impact things like how absentee mail ballots are verified and accepted. Will the impact fall as heavily on Black and Democratic voters as media reports and Democrats have said?