Follow 耳科利利嫋's politics team for the latest news and information about redistricting, voting, and the 2022 election.
ァ Make sense of politics in North Carolina -
Learn everything you need to know about early voting & mail-in ballots 2022 North Carolina Voter Guide
鏝 Break down statewide races, including U.S. Senate & N.C. Supreme Court
Track potential toss-up races that were watching in the NC General Assembly
Follow the congressional races were watching this year, plus notes on a few other races
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States are mailing absentee ballots sooner and in a few places letting troops cast ballots online. Still, voter turnout among military personnel lags the general population.
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Over 87% of respondents told a recent Meredith College poll they're likely to cast ballots in this year's midterm elections
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Western Carolina University Political Science Professor Chris Cooper lays out North Carolina's thorough elections process from early voting through the post-election canvass period
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Registered Democrats hold a 4-3 advantage on the court, but Republicans would retake the majority with at least one win. The next edition of the Supreme Court could consider a host of divisive issues, including abortion, especially if Republican lawmakers gain veto-proof majorities in Raleigh so that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper can't easily stop laws.
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Conversations with voters on the first two days of early, in-person voting shows Democrats and Republicans sharply differ on which issues are most important, but unaffiliated voters hold the key to victory in some pivotal races
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Former President Barack Obama has endorsed North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in a new campaign ad. Democrats are targeting the Southern swing state as one of the few where they have a strong shot at flipping a seat in the evenly split chamber.
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The upcoming midterm election includes many school board races across the state. In Wake County, all nine board seats will be on the ballot and a slew of candidates have stepped up to run.
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In the fast-growing suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, the 13th District has emerged as one of the nations battlegrounds for congressional control, where a tight race between former President Donald Trumps favored young upstart and a Democratic state senator could determine the balance of power in the narrowly split U.S. House.
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North Carolina has six statewide judicial races on the ballot this year, including two seats on the state Supreme Court.
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Budd's campaign reported over the weekend on the Federal Election Commission's deadline date that it raised $4.77 million during the three months ending Sept. 30. That's barely one-third the $13.36 million that Beasley told the FEC that she raised in keeping with what her campaign already had disclosed last week.