Former cabinet secretary Elizabeth Dole had an unusual start to her campaign for U.S. Senate. At the urging of the George W. Bush administration, Dole was running to replace five-term U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, who was retiring at the end of his term in 2002. It was a beautiful Tuesday morning for the “Dole for...
Despite polling showing him down double digits, combined with a historically bad political environment for Democrats, incumbent Supreme Court Justice Sam “Jimmy” Ervin IV filed for re-election on Monday — the first day of candidate filing. Democrat Lucy Inman and Republican Richard Dietz filed to run for the Supreme Court seat now held by Democrat...
This story was updated on December 6, 2021. Former N.C. congressman Mark Walker, will drop his bid for the U.S. Senate and file for the newly drawn 7th Congressional District at the urging and with the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, multiple sources confirmed for Carolina Journal on Saturday, December 4th. Fox News’ headline...
Just 20 minutes before the candidate filing period was set to begin Monday, a three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals imposed a preliminary injunction blocking potential congressional and legislative candidates for office from filing. The injunction lasts until Friday. “The North Carolina Court of Appeals just issued an order temporarily suspending filing for...
Former N.C. congressman Mark Walker, will drop his bid for the U.S. Senate and will file for the newly drawn 7th Congressional District at the urging and with the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, multiple sources confirm for Carolina Journal. Carolina Journal reported in early November Walker was taking numerous calls urging him to...
New polling focused on next year’s N.C. Supreme Court races combined with a historically bad political environment for Democrats indicate dwindling prospects for Democrats to hold on to a fragile 4-3 court majority. The horrific numbers indicate Justice Sam “Jimmy” Ervin IV would be crushed for re-election by double digits, despite being an incumbent and...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated. The face of North Carolina’s coronavirus response, Dr. Mandy Cohen, has resigned her position as secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Kody Kinsley, chief deputy secretary for health and leader of COVID operations, to succeed Cohen starting Jan. 1....
With N.C. Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson, set to announce a run for North Carolina’s westernmost congressional district, NC-14, dominos are already starting to fall in one large western GOP county. In an exclusive interview with Carolina Journal, recently retired Henderson County Manager Steve Wyatt confirmed he was considering running for the state Senate’s 48th District,...
UPDATE: As of Monday evening, the Kennedy family has boarding passes and is scheduled to depart Johannesburg, South Africa on a direct flight to the United States. — As the United States moves to restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries effective Monday, Raleigh actress Lauren Kennedy-Brady and her family are stuck in...
State Senate Republicans have landed their top two recruits for two newly-drawn Wake County Senate seats that are critical to GOP efforts to win a supermajority in the Senate in 2022. Senate Republicans hold 28 of 50 N.C. Senate seats and need a net gain of two seats to secure a supermajority to be able...
When Congressman Madison Cawthorn confirmed through a video that he would change congressional districts, he began by telling Republican voters in the 13th Congressional District that they could not make a wise selection for Congress without him. “I have every confidence in the world that regardless of where I run, the 14th Congressional District will...
