The First Dog
Governor-elect Pat McCrory held a press conference in Raleigh this afternoon to announce members of his transition team and priorities for their work leading up to his inauguration. McCrory said he... Read More
Governor-elect Pat McCrory held a press conference in Raleigh this afternoon to announce members of his transition team and priorities for their work leading up to his inauguration. McCrory said he... Read More

The storylines of the 2012 election results could be not more different when you compare the rest of the country to North Carolina. President Obama was reelected overwhelmingly and Democrats gained... Read More

The untold election story thus far is the tremendous successes achieved by Republican candidates at every level in eastern North Carolina. It hasn't been many years since the Republican Party... Read More
The big news on Capitol Hill of late is the emerging bipartisan support for replacing the looming across-the-board “sequestration” spending cuts to a range of Pentagon and non-military federal... Read More

For all the time, energy, and money spent on federal campaigns over the past two years, American voters decided not to make any significant changes. They reelected President Barack Obama, albeit with... Read More
The Day After Yesterday Elections certainly do have consequences and we will have to wait and see what they will be. I congratulate the Republican Governor and General Assembly and challenge them to... Read More

First Republican governor, state House and Senate and Lt Governor since…. probably ever. Elections have consequences and this one will bring North Carolina simpler, fairer more transparent tax... Read More
By Tom Campbell As we tune in tonight for election day returns, pay attention to the following five things: Voter turnout – We had the largest early voting numbers in history, close to the... Read More
As we near the end of this rancorous election there exists a rich irony in the presidential contest. Voters repeatedly say their highest priority is the economy and job creation, yet the two... Read More