February 13, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — One of the first Democrats to announce his bid for governor is involved in a protracted and messy divorce filled with nasty accusations.
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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's election season is about to begin in earnest with uncertainty about who will run for governor.The candidate filing period begins at noon Monday at the State Board of Elections in Raleigh and all 100 county board offic...
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February 10, 2012
GREENSBORO — A federal judge could undo a controversial Guilford County redistricting law as soon as next week.Judge William L. Osteen Jr. today set a date to consider a preliminary injunction against the law. The matter will come before him Feb. 17...
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February 9, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — If a leading candidate fails to get more than 40 percent of the vote in a North Carolina primary election race this May, when is the runoff?It depends.
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February 8, 2012
GREENSBORO — Motions to prevent the opening of candidate filing for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners primary have been filed.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
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February 7, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Three more Democrats have announced they aren't seeking re-election to the General Assembly this year, including two drawn into districts with incumbent Republican lawmakers.Sen. Linda Garrou of Forsyth County and Reps. Jennifer Weiss...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick of Charlotte says she won't run again for re-election to North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
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February 2, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge announced Thursday that he will enter the Democratic primary for North Carolina governor, hours after Erskine Bowles decided against it.Etheridge's bid further shakes up the party's gubernatorial fu...
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CHAPEL HILL (AP) — State Rep. Joe Hackney of Orange County said today that he will not seek re-election after more than 30 years in the legislature.Hackney, a Democrat who served two terms as House speaker, said he is looking forward to a more predi...
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February 1, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, led the prestigious University of North Carolina system and headed a bipartisan commission that recommended tough choices to reduce the U.S. deficit.
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January 31, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for now, as Florida Republicans voted Tuesday to decide who gets the state's 50 delegates, the biggest prize ye...
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January 30, 2012
WINSTON-SALEM — Mayor Allen Joines said he will not run for governor, the Winston-Salem Journal reported today on its website.Joines, a Democrat, said last week he was considering a run for the party's nomination.
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January 27, 2012
GREENSBORO -- U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, saying he would "take a back seat to no one when it comes to providing constituent services," will seek re-election to a 15th term.
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RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue stepped away from a bruising re-election battle Thursday, roiling North Carolina’s political waters and sparking a scramble among Democrats to replace their party’s statewide standard-bearer.
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January 26, 2012
U.S. Rep. Brad Miller said Wednesday he will not seek another term in the U.S. House because he does not want to face another Democratic veteran in this spring’s primary.Miller, 58, a Democrat first elected to Congress in 2002, lives in Raleigh but...
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Here are what some others are saying today about Gov. Bev Perdue's announcement that she will not seek re-election in November.
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North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue will not seek a second term in office, her campaign announced this morning. The statement from Perdue, 65, confirms rumors that have been swirling since early this morning.
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January 23, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — Supporters of a constitutional amendment on May's ballot to ban gay marriage in North Carolina began their campaign in earnest today, saying the measure would protect marriage from those who want to expand what's lawful in the state.
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January 22, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A suddenly scrambled Republican presidential contest now shifts to Florida, a day after Newt Gingrich stopped Mitt Romney's sprint to the GOP nomination by scoring a convincing victory in South Carolina.
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January 20, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is the land of Revolutionary War heroes and was the first state to secede from the union. But its suspicion of federal government intrusion is hardly part of its storied past.
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January 19, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rick Santorum edged front-runner Mitt Romney by 34 votes in a surprise flip to the final results of the Iowa caucuses, Republican officials said Thursday, but no winner was declared because some votes remain missing in the even...
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RALEIGH — Both sides of the proposed state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage have begun ramping up their campaigns in what is expected to be an expensive and bitter fight from now until the May 8 referendum.
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BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — In an up-and-down kind of campaign day, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement Thursday from former rival Rick Perry but also faced new accusations from one of his former wives that he had aske...
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