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With just over 90 days remaining until November’s General Election, Republican nominee and state Sen. Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) announced last week. ....
Western Republicans elect new congressional district chair As North Carolina Republicans seek to maintain dominance across the state and in the 11th Congressional District, they’ll do so under new leadership after electing Hendersonville Republican Michele Woodhouse as their new district chair on April 10. “I had upwards of about 90 text messages in the first 15 minutes after the vote,” said Woodhouse. “What was great about it was that it was people that said they’d never been involved before and now want to serve on this committee.” Woodhouse has been involved in Republican politics for more than 20 years, and has been active in campaigns in Michigan, in Henderson and Wake counties, and in the 11th District. She prevailed in the 11th District convention by a weighted vote of 578 to 179 over Buncombe Republican and Trump delegate Mark Delk and will serve a two-year term, following previous Chair Aubrey Woodard, who served for four years. ....
N.C. GOP Chairman Michael Whatley says former President Trump will inevitably cast a long shadow in North Carolina politics for the foreseeable future. He believes the policies Trump championed are still winning policies for 2022 and beyond. “We had 82% Republican turnout,” Whatley said. “We set a record with 2.758 million votes for Trump. I think that has staying power. I think that anybody that is going to run is going to have to adopt his agenda.” Whatley spoke about the complexity of the vote on Capital Tonight with Tim Boyum of “For the party to say we disagree with this particular vote does not mean we hate (U.S. Sen.) Richard Burr. It does not mean we think he is a bad senator. It means on this particular vote we disagree with him,” said Whatley ....
The leaders of the Republican Party in Western North Carolina have cast doubt on whether those storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were Trump supporters, despite evidence to the contrary. ....