Category Archives: ELECTIONS

About That Flier and Sen. Bingham…

Posted on May 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Haymaker is reporting on a story about Senator Bingham allegedly being given fliers by the NCGOP. The NC GOP denied they gave Bingham the flier. This was allegedly going on down in Davidson county (Senate District 33).

Sharon Myers of the Dispatch has a more recent update, wherein the flier has been demonstrated as paid for by Bingham, not the NC GOP, and in which Bingham apologizes and sets the record straight. Continue reading →

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NCGOP To Cabarrus: Rescind Resolution

Posted on May 6, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Encouraging people to swap parties to steer a primary, Democrats dressed up like Republicans — or in some cases “DemoPublicanRepubliCrats” — these are a few of the examples of the mess out in Cabarrus county. The Cabarrus Republican party had had enough and put a resolution out denouncing two candidates and the various tactics being employed. A few days later, the NC GOP told Cabarrus to rescind that resolution claiming it violated party rules.
I reached out to the NC GOP. Here is the statement from Executive Director Todd Poole about it (below). Poole also clarified that the NC GOP ‘received no complaints from any state reps or state elected officials’. about the Cabarrus resolution. Continue reading →

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About That Wake Cty District Attorney Race…

Posted on May 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

For those of you paying attention to the primary shenanigans going on in North Carolina this year, the quality Democrat candidates I’ve covered and the series I’ve been doing on various judicial races, this item will fit right in. I briefly touched on this race, but had not really dug into it properly. So, here’s some digging in.

It’s been called to my attention that one of the candidates for Wake County District Attorney who is registered as a Republican has a history of supporting Democrats. Jeff Cruden has voted Democrat in no less than 6 primary elections Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: Exclusive – Five With Frank Roche – Candidate for #NC02

Posted on May 4, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

It is primary time in NC and early voting is currently going on in North Carolina. Over the past few months, I have had a chance to meet Frank Roche at multiple events in the Raleigh area. Roche is a candidate for North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional district and primary challenger to incumbent Renee Ellmers. I pitched five questions to him, which we’ll get to after a little but of background on the 2nd Congressional race. Continue reading →

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May SBOE Report Leaves Out “Town Hall” Event

Posted on May 2, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

In the May agenda notes from the State Board of Education meeting on May 1st, the activities section for the State Superintendent did not include the “Town Hall“, which more like a campaign event,  held at Cox Mills High School. … Continue reading →

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About Those Candidate Background Checks…

Posted on May 1, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

News and Record did some background checks on some local candidates running for the NC General Assembly. The candidate name, district and offense were listed. Party affiliation was not. I went ahead and ran that down via the NC Board of Elections. It was kind of a no-brainer since at least 4 of them were running for Alma Adams seat, but hey — let’s play along.

Democrats are putting up such quality candidates these days…must be that quality recruiting. Felonies, misdemeanors, prison time… wow. Continue reading →

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