Do North Carolina Democrats have any ability anymore to engage in actual lawmaking? Do they even have that desire? North Carolina’s elected Democrats, specifically those in the legislature, appear to be caught flat-footed after the 2022 election. Republicans won all six statewide judicial races, shifting the lean of the N.C. Supreme Court from 4 to
The state legislator from Mecklenburg County says Democrats drove her away. Her former allies are puzzled and say she doesn’t seem to be the same person.
A tectonic shift in N.C. politics happened this week as Mecklenburg County Democrat state House Rep. Tricia Cotham announced that she was switching parties and becoming a Republican. In other years, this might not be such a huge deal. But with a supermajority in the state Senate for Republicans and a state House that was
Folwell's announcement, made at the Forsyth County GOP's annual convention, came just two days after his likely primary opponent, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, set a date for a rally where he's expected to announce his own race for governor.