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Former Senator Graig Meyer on his recent decision to leave elected office

  Over the last few years, we’ve had several opportunities to chat with former state lawmaker Graig Meyer of Orange County during the four terms he served in the state House and tw...

NC Democratic Vice Chair Jonah Garson to succeed state Sen. Graig Meyer

The next state senator representing Caswell, Orange, and Person counties will be Jonah Garson, a top North Carolina Democratic Party official, following Sen. Graig Meyer’s departur...

The House of Berger

Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) lost his primary and won’t run the chamber next year. But he’s leaving a legacy. Members of his family, former staff members, and former Se...

Senator Phil Berger: Still mistaking the problem for a solution

State lawmakers are back in Raleigh for the 2026 legislative session and in at least one important way, it will be a gathering of historic note. Thanks to his stunning defeat in th...

“Let them be worried:” NC Dem Carla Cunningham on the upcoming legislative short session.

State Rep. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg) starts the legislative session this month as a lame duck who is ticked off at Gov. Josh Stein for endorsing one of her primary opponents...

Make House Majority Leader Brendan Jones the Poster Boy

Democrats should wrap the GOP around Jones and educate voters about Republican values.

Q&A: Why a biotech leader spent big to help defeat Sen. Phil Berger

A stalled bill to require better insurance coverage for breast cancer screenings led to a campaign that helped oust North Carolina’s most powerful politician.

NC Rep Carla Cunningham switches party affiliation after primary loss

State Rep. Carla Cunningham has switched her party affiliation to unaffiliated. The move comes after the Mecklenburg County Democrat lost her primary in March. Cunningham, a seven-...

Cooper leads Whatley, Earls leads Stevens

Democrats in North Carolina get more good news.

Incumbent Democrat resigns, leaving a vacancy in one of the Triangle's most competitive NC Senate districts

Democratic N.C. Sen. Terence Everitt announced Tuesday night that he's resigning his seat and dropping out of one of this year's most hotly contested legislative races.

Exclusive – Michael Whatley: Democrat Opponent Roy Cooper Released Violent Criminals into Communities

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), vying for a Senate seat in the state, released violent criminals into the community. The post Exclusive – Michael Whatley: Democrat Oppon...

Wake Democrat Terence Everitt resigns from the NC Senate

Terence Everitt (D-Wake) resigned from the state Senate, he announced Tuesday on Facebook. Everitt has been leading an organization called the North Carolina Voter Protection Allia...

April Montgomery, independent for state house

Montgomery's candidacy can combat hyper-partisanship and gerrymandering.

Second Mecklenburg lawmaker leaves Democratic Party after primary loss

A second Mecklenburg County state House member is leaving the Democratic Party after losing a reelection bid in the spring primary.

New York Times reporter Eduardo Medina on the seismic change in the NC Senate

  The biggest story in North Carolina politics right now – indeed, it’s a big national story – is the recent primary election defeat of longtime state Senate President Pro Tem Phil...

As NC’s US Senate race heats up, GOP lawmakers launch probe of Dem candidate Roy Cooper

Just months before voters cast their ballots in the 2026 U.S. Senate election, North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly announced a committee to investigate the Democratic...

'False and disgusting': NC Senate candidate defends campaign amid allegations of drinking, inappropriateness with women

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An Orange County Democrat running for a state Senate seat is defending his name and campaign the day before the Orange County Democratic Party may recom...

In NC speech, Jesse Jackson Jr. condemns gerrymandering, denial of equal funding for public schools

Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. denounced recent state and federal court decisions on redistricting, voting rights, and public education in a speech in Raleigh on Wedne...

Mejia Campaigns with Malinowski and Raskin

CHATHAM – Tom Malinowski was talking Monday night about the past – and the future. But first, let’s set things up. Malinowski, the former CD-7 congressman, was taking part in a cam...

Who funded anti-Berger PAC? Mysterious out-of-state groups

More than a month after the primary, the biggest spender opposing Senate leader Phil Berger finally filed a disclosure report listing its donors. But the report leaves more questio...

Another Mecklenburg County lawmaker leaves the Democratic Party, registers as unaffiliated

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Another North Carolina lawmaker from Mecklenburg County said Monday that he is leaving the Democratic Party. State Representative Nasif...

NC State Senator Natalie Murdock on the future of Voting Rights in 'Jim Crow 2.0'

On Due South, Leoneda Inge spoke with North Carolina State Senator Natalie Murdock, about the history of voting rights, Black representation, and the future of activism.

NC Democratic Party leader Anderson Clayton runs to the problem – engaging voters

Anderson Clayton, head of the North Carolina Democratic Party, has ambitious goals for a party eager for success after losing control of the state legislature in 2010 and the state...

Heat Turns Up on NC Democrat Senate Nominee After New Database Highlights Criminals Granted Early Release