Elections

Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online that an ABC warehouse contractor cited in a recent state audit faced a nearly $8 million federal fine in 2015. The Daily Journal explains why a key argument against a proposed state constitutional amendment assumes massive tax hikes in the state’s…

Andrew Malcolm explains in his latest McClatchy column why the 2018 midterm might represent the last best chance for Nancy Pelosi to return to power in the U.S. House. This November’s election is likely the last chance Nancy Pelosi has to become the first former House speaker to…

Jay Cost of National Review Online explains why he rejects the idea some disgruntled Republicans have espoused to allow their party to crumble to the ground. During the 2016 presidential campaign, I was right there with many of these Never Trumpers. I even voted for McMullin in the…

John Fund explains at National Review Online how former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hurts her Democratic Party’s chances of retaking control of the House. Will Democrats pull an “October Surprise” this year and announce that the highly polarizing Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco won’t be their candidate…

John Trump writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal that the information is out there, and it’s incumbent on local newspaper reporters and editors, as well as radio and online outlets, to help people get that information. This is important to remember during the upcoming election season, and its up…

The latest on legal wrangling related to North Carolina’s November ballot, reported by Carolina Journal’s Dan Way: State Supreme Court candidate Chris Anglin has offered to withdraw from the race if the courts don’t restore his affiliation as a Republican to the Nov. 6 general election ballot. Anglin hand-delivered a…

Byron York of the Washington Examiner reports on former President Barack Obama’s relatively low-key approach to the 2018 elections. “Join me on Team ’18,” former President Barack Obama wrote in a recent fundraising email from his old political group, Organizing for America. “Every election, every ballot measure, every…

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on a Wake County judge’s decision to send two constitutional amendment lawsuits to a three-judge panel. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights the political diversity of N.C. voters.