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RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point. Meanwhile, the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, won reelection by a relatively comfortable 5 points. Even last year, as Republicans won two seats […]

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting. Both states are evenly divided political battlegrounds where the GOP controls an outsized number of

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting.

Despite legislative supermajorities in both chambers, House and Senate Republicans cant agree on the final details of a budget proposal, fraying nerves and exposing tensions between House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger.

(The Center Square) – Several candidates for governor have confirmed their attendance at the first Republican debate in mid-September, but whether frontrunning Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will participate remains unclear.

Republicans dominate federal elections in the key southeastern battleground of North Carolina, but Democrats have the upper hand in gubernatorial and other statewide executive contests

Lt. Mark Robinson leads Republicans in mid-year fundraising in race for governor. Treasurer Dale Folwell loaned his campaign $1 million. Democrat Josh Stein, the state attorney general, outpaced them all.

Left-leaning groups have formed a new coalition targeting Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson -- another sign that hes viewed as the frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial primary.