NC Politics

With candidates from Charlotte City Council to the U.S. Senate on the ballot, North Carolinians took to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the primary election. We sit down with a political analyst and WFAE's politics reporter to discuss the results. Then, an interview with Tony Award winning director Tommy Kail. We discuss Hamilton, which just closed in Charlotte and Freestyle Love Supreme, which lands in Charlotte next week.

As of March, there are officially more unaffiliated voters in North Carolina than there are registered Democrats or Republicans. We analyze what's behind the surge and what it means for Tar Heel politics.

Every 10 years, congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn, often for political benefit. We sit down with a top political scientist to learn what the redistricting process means for North Carolina’s future.

North Carolina lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that prohibits local governments from banning natural gas for heaters and other appliances. It still needs the governor's signature.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether North Carolina Republican legislative leaders can intervene in a federal court battle over a 2018 state voter ID mandate. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger want to formally step into a pending federal case to defend the law.

North Carolina Democratic state Sen. Ben Clark and Republican state Rep. John Szoka have announced they'll run in the state's 4th Congressional District. Under the newly drawn map by Republicans, the district outside of Raleigh slightly favors the GOP.

A final North Carolina budget bill is now law after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed it almost as soon as the legislature placed it on his desk. The General Assembly gave its final approval on Thursday to a two-year state spending plan with a vote in the House.

Americans are more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit voter fraud. But one instance of fraud in a 2018 North Carolina election continues to reverberate nationwide. We discuss a new book about the 2018 race for the 9th Congressional District authored by two Charlotte-area reporters.

The GOP-majority state legislature has adopted Republican-drawn district maps along party lines.

Advocacy groups and voters have sued to block the North Carolina General Assembly’s timetable to pass new boundaries for legislative seats next week. They say Republicans are breaking rules designed to ensure Black voters can elect their favored candidates.