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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Friday, April 20, 2012

Video of the Democrats’ gubernatorial debate Wednesday night (NBC-17) Democrat Terry Bellamy cites her years of public service as evidence that she is ready to represent the 10th Congressional District (Hickory Daily Record) Rick’s BBQ in Salisbury is ... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Democratic gubernatorial candidates’ hopes ride on three nights of debates (N&O) The Republican primary in the 3rd Congressional District pits a political newcomer against a veteran of state and federal politics (Star-News) Newcomers vie for chance to ... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, April 16, 2012

Triangle congressional race turns on super PAC spending (N&O) Election TV ads on the way in the 11th Congressional District (Citizen-Times) Candidates in the 7th Congressional District try to distinguish themselves (Star-News) Lesser-known N.C. guberna... »

Media indifference to closure of The Mint

It’s been nearly a week since the Triangle Business Journal reported that The Mint, a taxpayer subsidized eatery in downtown Raleigh, will close.  And we are still waiting for the two largest media outlets in the area – WRAL and the News & Observer – t... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Republicans top the list of most effective lawmakers in North Carolina (WRAL-TV) Republican Dan Barry says the 9th Congressional District is the right place for him to be (Charlotte Observer) A Public Policy Polling survey has President Obama leading a... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, March 26, 2012

The AFL-CIO endorses Linda Coleman in the Democrats’ nomination fight for lieutenant governor (Dome) Democrat Bob Etheridge is relying on his doggedness in his bid for governor (Associated Press) Republican Pat McCrory tells an audience in Craven Count... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Thursday, March 22, 2012

North Carolina evangelicals begin to mobilize in advance of the 2012 election (Dome) Three candidates vie for N.C. House District 39 seat; no Republican is running, so the Democratic primary is winner take all (Eastern Wake News) A WRAL News poll shows... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Gubernatorial hopeful Bill Faison, a Democrat, touts his jobs plan (Robesonian) Three Republican candidates for lieutenant governor — Dale Folwell, Tony Gurley, and Arthur Rich — debated Saturday (Fayetteville Observer) Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, a Democr... »

How utterly complete Obama’s green energy failure has been: good job creation is in oil and gas

Energy was a particular obsession of the president-elect’s, and therefore a particular source of frustration. Week after week, [White House economic adviser Christina] Romer would march in with an estimate of the jobs all the investments in clean energ... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Thursday, March 1, 2012

An election primer for 2012 races in North Carolina (N&O) N.C. Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, rules out a run for governor (Dome) Michelle Obama is visiting N.C. on Friday (Dome) As election filing ends, surprise candidates for state legislative office emerge ... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Rowan County Commissioner Carl Ford, a Republican, is running in House District 76 (Salisbury Post) Democrats file for two state House seats in Forsyth County (Winston-Salem Journal) A Democrat finally files to replace U.S. Rep. Brad Miller in the 13th... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth backs Tony Gurley in the race for lieutenant governor and Richard Hudson in the 8th Congressional District (Dome) A Raleigh television station fact checks Bill Faison’s first television ad of the campaign season (NBC-17... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Monday, February 27, 2012

Democrat Deb Butler files to challenge Republican incumbent N.C. Sen. Thom Goolsby in N.C. Senate District 9 (Star-News) A new poll form Campaign Connections has Bob Etheridge handily leading the pack in the Democrats’ gubernatorial primary (WRAL-TV) G... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Wednesday, February 22, 2012

N.C. Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, won’t seek re-election due to health concerns; he endorses Rep. Earline Parmon, D-Forsyth, for the Senate seat he had planned to seek (Winston-Salem Journal) A lengthier article on Dan Eichenbaum’s decision to not run... »

Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Friday, February 17, 2012

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, retiring Democrat of the 13th Congressional District, won’t seek the Democratic nomination for governor (N&O) N.C. Sen. David Rouzer, R-Johnston, gets help from NCGA leaders in his bid to win the Republican nomination in the 7th ... »

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