-
Rusty Jacobs, WUNC./WUNC's Rusty Jacobs observes the county canvass, the painstaking process that results in the final tally of votes -
Rusty Jacobs/WUNCNorth Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is poised to win a record fifth two-year term for the job. He was the choice Friday of North Carolina state House Republicans for the coming session to lead the chamber come January.
-
The newly redrawn 13th District was considered one of the most competitive in the state. -
North Carolina Republicans came within one seat of gaining a supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly. On Tuesday night, the state GOP did gain a supermajority in the North Carolina Senate.
-
Two seats were up for grabs this year, and Republicans won both.
-
One flyer showing up in mailboxes across North Carolina has a picture of President Joe Biden and says the government wants to replace white and Asian workers with Black and Latinx workers.
-
A review of campaign finance reports with the State Board of Elections shows the four general election candidates seeking two positions and affluent political action committees have spent at least $15 million combined.
-
Former Vice President Mike Pence stumped in North Carolina on Wednesday in the final days before the midterm elections with U.S. Senate candidate Ted Budd, calling him one of the “strongest conservative voices” in the House, where he's served for the past six years.
-
Western Carolina University Political Science Professor Chris Cooper lays out North Carolina's thorough elections process from early voting through the post-election canvass period
-
Registered Democrats hold a 4-3 advantage on the court, but Republicans would retake the majority with at least one win. The next edition of the Supreme Court could consider a host of divisive issues, including abortion, especially if Republican lawmakers gain veto-proof majorities in Raleigh so that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper can't easily stop laws.
-
Conversations with voters on the first two days of early, in-person voting shows Democrats and Republicans sharply differ on which issues are most important, but unaffiliated voters hold the key to victory in some pivotal races
-
Former President Barack Obama has endorsed North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in a new campaign ad. Democrats are targeting the Southern swing state as one of the few where they have a strong shot at flipping a seat in the evenly split chamber.
