Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson declared his candidacy for governor Saturday., joining N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell in the Republican primary field.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, who is trying to unseat Cooper in November, asked U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday to investigate whether federal laws were violated by the “attack on the integrity of North Carolina’s elections.” Stein, who is also seeki...
Democratic candidates for major office in the state are in good position,” McLennan said. “The slide in the president’s job approval not only hurts him in the campaign against Joe Biden, but also hurts other Republican down ballot, like Senator Thom Tillis and Lt. Governor Dan Forest...
(Although Governor and Lt. Governor are elected separately in primaries, they’re then lashed together as a ticket for the general, which is how Rod Blagojevich and Quinn got put together despite their antipathy – I’m not sure if any other state does it that way.) Which isn’t to say...
Lt. Governor Mark Robinson was the clear frontrunner with 43% of the vote, followed by former Congressman Mark Walker at 9%, State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler at 8%, and State Treasurer Dale Folwell at 4%. Many voters, however, are not committed to a candidate for governor, wit...
This troubling truth was displayed yesterday in an essay posted to the conservative website Longleaf Politics by Andrew Dunn, who served as the communications director for Forest’s campaign. Dunn entitled the essay “The Governor Who Cried Wolf” and in it he launched several broadsides at Gov...