Mitt Romney raised about $550,00 at a fund raising lunch at Raleigh's Angus Barn, according to organizers. About 360 guests attended the private luncheon including former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of Clinton, retired Winston-Salem banker John Medlin, ... »
GOP House candidate Glenn Cobb of Winston-Salem got some high-powered backing for a fund raiser last week. It was hosted by former Governors Jim Martin and Jim Holshouser and by Brooke Burr, the wife of U.S. Richard Burr. Cobb is politically well conne... »
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr announced Friday he would abandon his bid for the No. 2 Republican post in the Senate. The Winston-Salem lawmaker said he began in realize in recent weeks that a leadership post wouldn't allow him to purse his policy reforms. "Th... »
Wake County school board member John Tedesco is skipping today's board meeting to attend a debate for his bid for state schools superintendent. At the start of today's work session, school board chairman Kevin Hill said Tedesco expressed his regrets th... »
The re-election campaign of President Barack Obama is opening its 11th regional office in North Carolina this evening, this one in Greenville. The grand opening will be held at 6 p.m. at 214 Arlington Blvd. The Obama campaign also has offices in Raleig... »
Sen. Richard Burr says not to count him out of the race for the Senate Republicans’ second most powerful job. The Winston-Salem Republican is largely considered the underdog in the whip race. Burr said he heard the same doubts in the 1990s. "It may be ... »
Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton today announced the endorsements of more than 100 current or past public officials in his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. They include former lieutenant governors Bob Jordan and Pat Taylor, 23 mayors and city coun... »
Vote For Marriage NC, the campaign for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions, is hitting the trail in the Heritage Foundation/Family Research Council "Values Bus." The campaign tours starts in Raleigh and heads west this weekend. ... »
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign will open an office in Winston-Salem on Wednesday, its eighth office in the state. The grand opening will occur at 6:30 at the Organizing for America Office at 633 W. 4th Street, suite 110 in Winston-Salem.... »
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr writes in an op-ed for The Charlotte Observer that the $825 billion stimulus bill has “amounted to nothing more than broken promises.” The Winston-Salem Republican says he doesn’t blame President Obama for the economic challenges... »
The Republicans are attempting to make raising gas prices an issue in the presidential election. With President Obama in Florida Thursday talking about energy, the Republican National Comittee sent along this clip of what candidate Obama had to say abo... »
R. Lee Wrights, a Libertarian candidate for president, will attend the Wake County Libertarian Convention at Edwards McKay's Bookstore, 3514 Capital Blvd in Raleigh on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Wrights, a Winston-Salem native who now lives in Texas, was ... »
President Barack Obama's campaign surrogates said today there was evidence that North Carolina's manufacturing economy was coming back. “Things are slowly getting better,” said Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines. “We have just seen our unemployment rate ... »
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the featured guest at a fundraiser for Pat McCrory later this month. Haley is the latest big name Republican to help McCrory's bid for governor, joining the likes of Govs. Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal. The Feb. 27 ... »
Democrat Sen. Linda Garrou, a seven-term incumbent from Winston-Salem, said today she will not run for reelection. Garrou said she would release a formal announcement tonight or tomorrow. Garrou, a former budget writer, was drawn into a district with R... »
