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Just days after stepping down as the Senate Minority Leader in the General Assembly, state Sen. Martin Nesbitt (D-Buncombe) passed away from stomach cancer.
State Sen. Martin Nesbitt (D-Buncombe) has stepped down from his position of Minority Leader because of a health issue. Sen. Dan Blue (D-Wake) will be filling the role.
Several last-minute filings set up primary challenges for candidates seeking office in Raleigh and Washington, DC. Nearly all Sheriffs in southeastern North Carolina will also have primary challenges in 2014.
Will Breazeale, who won the GOP nomination in the 7th Congressional District in 2008, has decided not to make another run for the office in 2014.
House Speaker became the latest Republican candidate to file paperwork and run for a seat in the United States Senate. Two Libertarian candidates also signed up, bringing the total number of candidates to nearly a dozen.
Marshall Adame spent more than two decades serving his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. Now he wants to continue his service from the halls of Congress. He is running for the Democratic nomination for the District 3 seat, currently held by Rep. Walter B. Jones.
Heather Grant decided to make a big jump into the world of politics. Instead of running for a local office, she decided to enter the race to win the Republican nomination for Senate from North Carolina. In this one-on-one interview, she shares her reasons for running.
Rep. Mike McIntyre is now starting to look at the next chapter of his life, after serving in Congress for nearly two decades. In an in-depth interview, the nine-term House member talks about making his decision to retire, whether he will endorse any candidate in the race to claim his seat, and some of his favorite moments with all three Presidents he worked with in Washington, DC.
Woody White took aim at GOP leaders in Washington, DC on the same day when one of those high-ranking party members came to Wilmington. Rep. Eric Cantor, the Majority Leader, appeared at a pair of fundraisers for David Rouzer, White's chief opponent in the 7th District primary.
The Democratic primary for Sheriff in New Hanover County will get a lot more interesting on Monday, when the man who used to hold the office signs up to run against the man who took his place.
Greg Brannon's campaign received a major endorsement Tuesday when FreedomWorks PAC announced its support for the NC Senate GOP primary.
Chris Andrade, a self-proclaimed "different kind of Republican" has filed paperwork to run for the nomination in the District 7 House race. The 56-year old is a political newcomer joins two former state Senators in the GOP field.
Outgoing NH County Commissioner Thomas Wolfe introduced Skip Watkins at a news conference Tuesday morningSkip Watkins is hoping to reverse his 2013 political fortune, as he plans to run for a seat on the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in 2014. Watkins fell less than 500 votes short of winning a seat on Wilmington City Council last year.
House Speaker Thom Tillis' campaign announced he raised more than $700,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013, in his attempt to win the U.S. Senate seat held by Kay Hagan.
In light of new charges files against New Hanover County Commissioner Brian Berger, his trial on a previous DWI charge scheduled for Tuesday has been continued to January of 2014.
A judge on Friday overturned a state law involving abortion providers to show expectant mothers an ultrasound image of their unborn child. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles ruled the law is illegal.
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