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What I will be watching on election night

Midway through early voting the percentage of voters that are registered Democrat is down compared to 2018 and 2020. While Republicans have warmed up to early voting over the years, Democrats still dominate early voting and Republicans dominate election day voting.

Dallas Woodhouse
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North Carolina Democrats on the ropes

North Carolina Democrats are facing a brutal election that could see their worst results in more than a decade, according to the latest and last Civitas-John Locke Foundation poll of the 2022 election. The poll, released two weeks before Election Day, shows Republican Ted Budd pulling away with a four-point lead. The Trafalgar Group,  also...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

Ervin cast deciding votes in precedent-setting cases that could free Raleigh mass murderer

If last week's 15-year-old Raleigh mass murderer survives his injuries, he could someday be released back on our streets because Democrat State Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Ervin cast a deciding vote in prior, extremely controversial, cases that critics contend elevate the desires of convicted killers above protecting the innocent public.  

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

On Cheri Beasley, brother of slain state trooper gets his say

In a new television advertisement, Al Lowry finally has his say. The ad opposes Democrat Cheri Beasley’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. Lowry, the brother of murdered Cumberland County state trooper Ed Lowry, targets the legal system that has denied his family justice for 25 years. Al Lowry discusses one of the people he holds most responsible for his family’s deep suffering and grave injustices: Beasley.

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

N.C. Democrats sexist misogynist state Senate campaign

By all accounts, Republican State Senator Lisa Barnes, R-Nash, representing Johnston and Nash Counties has a record of public service that is to be commended, even if you disagree with her political positions on healthcare, education, and the economy.  Outside of partisan politics, she works with the Coalition for Addiction and Recovery Education, brings faith and...

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Trump’s New Hanover visit highlights importance of coastal county

Donald Trump’s visit to New Hanover County, specifically the Wilmington International Airport, highlights the importance of the “Port City” and its home county, one of two North Carolina counties that embraced Trump in 2016 and rejected him in 2020.  New Hanover has become one of the most purple counties in North Carolina, and the largest...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

Duke must answer for false race allegation

It’s been nearly two weeks since BYU Women’s Volleyball fans were accused of repeated acts of racism by Duke University during a match. After two weeks with zero evidence that this horrific allegation occurred, Duke University is obligated to fully admit the toxic, incendiary allegation that the Duke University Women’s Volleyball team was repeatedly harassed...

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Partisan vote by state elections board saves N.C. Senate candidate’s campaign

The Democrat-controlled N.C. State Board of Elections overruled the Currituck County elections board Friday and kept a Democrat’s campaign alive in state Senate District 3. The 3-2 party-line vote from the state elections board responded to a protest filed by Republican Sen. Bobby Hanig that his Democrat opponent was ineligible to run in District 3....

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News

Did Democrat state Senate candidate miss critical deadline?

Valerie Jordan, the Democrats’ nominee in the highly contested Senate District 3 election, may have made a fatal error by missing the deadline to file an appeal of a recent finding that she is not a resident of the district. Missing the deadline could keep Jordan from appearing on the ballot versus Republican Sen. Bobby...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

N.C. Supreme Court Dems nullify 4.1 million votes

Democrats on the state Supreme Court told more than three million voters to drop dead by canceling their votes for two constitutional amendments placed on the ballot in 2018. Democrats continued their wrecking ball on the separation of powers by declaring that the people of North Carolina can’t choose to amend their constitution by a...

Dallas Woodhouse
Opinion

Access is key in Medicaid fight

Republicans believe their decade long reforms to Medicaid have made the program more manageable. They now think Congress is locked in to paying for 90% of the program in perpetuity. However, there are challenges to enacting Medicaid Expansion even though the Governor and both GOP leaders in the State House and State Senate now agree in principle on Medicaid expansion.

Dallas Woodhouse