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Riding the wave: Initial thoughts on 2026
Incoming NC House Speaker Robert Reives
Last night was like 1994, except my side was riding the wave instead of getting washed away by it. Back then, I was working my first campaign cycle and we never saw it coming. Republicans nobody had...
North Carolina early vote cheat sheet
Early votes will be posted in most counties by about 8 p.m. tonight. This cheat sheet looks at North Carolina’s most competitive state House, state Senate and congressional races. The pages are posted here as graphics, and you can download...
In North Carolina, it’s in the numbers, not just the polling
Early voting is over, and we’re getting a much clearer picture of what’s happening in this election. Democrats and unaffiliated voters are surging, while Republicans are keeping pace with previous midterms. Democrats cast 38.3% of early bal...
More noodling with numbers: How Republicans get shellacked in North Carolina
Ok. I can’t stop trying to figure out what is going to happen in this election. I’ve been using both vote trackers from Carolina Forward and the John Locke Foundation. I’ve also been looking at recent polling that’s coming in. Everything po...
Republicans launch a preemptive strike on democracy
Can you tell which Dan Sullivan is the incumbent Republican?
Republicans are already trying to meddle in elections. They are trying to steal an election preemptively in Alaska. The Department of Justice has sued to block the certification...
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Erstwhile political consultant. Blogger. Occasional carpenter. Native North Carolinian. Thomas Huxley said, "Try to know something about everything and everything about something." I know North Carolina politics.
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