Election 2024
To boost Trump, GOP attorneys general charge into battle over state election rules
With less than six months before voting begins, the legal jousting over the rules for the 2024 election is already underway. And former President Donald Trump’s campaign is getting support from allies who have stayed mostly under the national radar: red-state attorneys general. In court filings made in recent months, these chief state legal officers […]
Runoff elections will keep NC primary season alive until May 14
In North Carolina the primary election season isn’t over yet, but will continue for the next two months with some contested races going to runoff elections on May 14. Early voting for those contests runs from April 25 to May 11. North Carolina is one of just 10 U.S. states that require a candidate to […]
After two months of primaries and caucuses, Biden, Trump clinch their nominations
The rematch is set. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties’ nominations for president by winning state primaries Tuesday, setting up the same choice voters saw in the 2020 election. Both candidates are unpopular with the general electorate, but neither faced serious hurdles to their nominations in the states that have […]
NC attorney general candidates on opposite sides of TikTok vote
Last fall, U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop told Raleigh’s News & Observer that TikTok is “a Chinese Communist Party-owned social media platform,” and called his colleague U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson a “Chinese social media star” for using it. On Wednesday, Bishop and Jackson — the Republican and Democratic nominees, respectively, to be North Carolina’s next attorney […]
Walker abandons 6th Congressional District runoff, joins Trump campaign
Former Congressman Mark Walker will not call for a runoff in the 6th Congressional District race, instead taking a position with former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Trump announced he’d hired Walker in a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday with Walker taking to social media to confirm the news shortly thereafter. “I’ve asked […]
AI disinformation, threats to poll workers top U.S. Senate panel list of election worries
WASHINGTON — Senators on the U.S. Senate Rules Committee expressed concerns Tuesday that poll workers may need protection and that artificial intelligence could interfere in the fall elections. Leading members of the committee said AI has already been used to promote disinformation that has interfered with elections, while elections workers have for years experienced intimidation. […]
Stein campaign, NC Democratic Leadership Committee take aim at Robinson’s ties to extremism
With a national spotlight on the North Carolina gubernatorial race, Attorney General and Democratic nominee Josh Stein is emphasizing his Republican rival Lt. Governor Mark Robinson’s ties to conspiracy theorists and right-wing extremism. On Tuesday Stein’s campaign sent an email highlighting an apparent social media endorsement from far-right media figure and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. […]
Public education advocates decry Lt. Governor Robinson’s stances, rhetoric
The days after Super Tuesday are often a rest time for candidates. A chance to catch one’s breath, reflect on what worked and what didn’t, and get ready for the long slog toward November’s general election. But education advocates say there is too much on the line to rest. With just 244 days until voters […]
Two GOP congressional primaries in NC likely headed to runoffs
Primary season isn’t over yet. Campaigning will likely continue in a few pockets of the state. Republican Kelly Daughtry came out on top of the pile of 14 candidates running in the 13th congressional district primary. She received about 27% of the vote, short of the 30%-plus-one needed to avoid a runoff. Brad Knott placed […]
Trump, Biden close in on clinching nominations after broad Super Tuesday victories
WASHINGTON — Despite facing 91 felony counts, hefty civil penalties and a packed 2024 legal calendar, Donald Trump emerged on Super Tuesday as the Republican Party’s presumptive choice as its presidential candidate in November. The former president has secured 995 of the necessary 1,215 GOP delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination, and likely will […]
As all eyes turn to the general election, Morgan congratulates Stein in gubernatorial race
Former State Supreme Court Associate Justice Mike Morgan is congratulating Josh Stein on Tuesday’s primary election victory. “The strategies which Attorney General Stein and Governor Cooper crafted, in the gubernatorial race as well as other contests on the primary ballot, were executed to perfection,” said Morgan in a statement issued by his campaign on Wednesday. […]
Nikki Haley to withdraw from the GOP contest after winning just 1 Super Tuesday state
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley plans to withdraw from the Republican presidential contest Wednesday, ending her increasingly long-shot bid of toppling former President Donald Trump, according to multiple media sources. Haley will give a speech at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Charleston, where she started her bid, The Wall Street Journal first reported. While she […]