By redrawing Davis’ district, Republicans would risk opening themselves to racial gerrymandering claims and a costly legal battle. www.theassemblync.com/all-newslett...

NC Senate will return July 29th for veto override votes, GOP Senate leader Phil Berger announces. Measures would then go to House, where they'd need at least one Dem to cross party lines or two Dems to be absent when a vote is called, assuming all Republicans are present. #ncpol

NC Democrats appear to be very serious in winning this state the first primary in the nation. But, our primaries are state-run, and Dems would need cooperation from the GOP legislature. #ncpol

Cash on hand for NC members of congress at the end of June #ncpol Tillis: $5.64M Foxx: $3.18M Murphy: $2.1M Rouzer: $1.75M Moore: $1.29M Hudson: $1.14M Davis: $1.11M Ross: $937k Adams: $414k McDowell: $264k Knott: $253k Budd: $246k Harrigan: $218k Harris: $199k Edwards: $163k Foushee: $96k

The race for #NC01 is shaping up to be another expensive affair in 2026. #ncpol Sandy Roberson (R) Receipts: $2.264M (*$2M loan from candidate) Spent: $56k On hand: $2.217M Don Davis (D-Inc) Receipts: $689k Spent: $105k On hand: $1.112M (From Q2 reports)

Wiley Nickel, so far the only major candidate in the race for #NCSEN, reported raising $537,968 in Q2 (4/1 -6/30). The campaign spent $265k in Q2 and currently has $795k on hand. Nickel launched his campaign on April 9. #ncpol

Would North Carolina become the first state in the nation to have an "official state TV show?" www.wral.com/news/local/a...

That moment when you sit down to watch a movie and you see the governor of north carolina sitting a couple of rows in front of you

Meredith College Poll Feb 3-10, 2025 703 RV President Trump job approval (N.C.) Approve: 47% Disapprove: 49% Don't know: 4% Governor Stein job approval Approve: 58% Disapprove: 19% Don't know: 22% #ncpol #ncpolitics

Want to understand how and why Jefferson Griffin, a Republican Court of Appeals judge in North Carolina, is trying to invalidate 60,000 ballots cast in the 2024 election? This explainer on @theassemblync.bsky.social is both thorough and clear: www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele...

Trump takes step toward federal recognition of NC’s Lumbee Tribe #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

N.C. Rep. Joe John has died. He'd resigned earlier this week citing a terminal diagnosis in his battle with throat cancer. He served Wake County and was previously a judge and director of the SBI crime lab #ncpol #ncga

Why any NFL team in the north would give up their natural home field advantage and build a dome is beyond me. (Yes, I’m referring to the incredible stuff happening in Philadelphia right now)

Republican judicial candidate Jefferson Griffin is getting the audience he wanted for his claim that 60,000 ballots should be invalidated in his electoral loss to Democrat Allison Riggs. www.wunc.org/2025-01-06/n...

I like how “stolen dog returned to owners” gets 4 minutes on the WRAL eleven o’clock news while the story about the contested NC Supreme Court race gets 15 seconds

Brockman's been mentioned a potential name for a party switch, but he'd struggle to hold on to his deep blue (Biden+28) district. Looks like (another) primary challenge is coming... #ncpol

Gov.-elect @joshsteinnc.bsky.social is keeping two members of current Gov. Roy Cooper's Cabinet, but they'll be moving to different agencies. He's also appointing the state's first Latino and Indian-American Cabinet members. www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol

The North Carolina Rabbit Hole is now four years old. Here's a Mexican raccoon. www.ncrabbithole.com/p/seriously-...

Part of what’s so interesting about the selection of Sydney Batch is that she had a very interesting way of moving up through the ranks. In 2018, she was elected to the NC House, beating an incumbent and flipping a district in southern Wake County by just 2 points… 🧵(1/x) #ncpol #ncleg

Another shocking day in #ncpol. After 40 years in the legislature, Sen. Dan Blue, 75, has been replaced as Minority Leader by fellow Wake Sen. Sydney Batch, 45, currently in her sixth year in the legislature. Blue became the first Black NC House Speaker in 1991, serving until 1995. #ncleg

Up for debate now in the #ncga Senate: Two proposed constitutional amendments to go before voters in 2026. Here's a look at what they'd do: www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol

Veto override passed Senate in a 30-19 vote, no Democrats spoke during the debate. Now goes to the #ncga House, which is expected to hold override vote next week. #ncpol

Victory Insights Nov 26-29, 2024 800 LV 2026 NC US SENATE RACE - Republican primary Lara Trump: 65% Thom Tillis: 11% Undecided: 25% #ncpol #ncsen ⬇️🧵more results below🧵⬇️

After long delay, I've finally completed my first statewide precinct map. Here's the 2024 North Carolina Democratic presidential primary, mapped by precinct. #ncpol 🧵

The longest current winning streak for a political party in any statewide office in America belongs to the Republican Party for winning every single election for North Dakota State Auditor since 1894.

FIRST 2026 POLL! Campaign Viability Research Nov 13-15, 2024 800 GOP primary voters 2026 NC US Senate race - Republican primary Thom Tillis: 31% Someone else: 36% Undecided: 33% Thom Tillis: 42% Mark Robinson: 35% Undecided: 23% ⬇️more below!⬇️ #ncpol #ncsen

Completely random #ncpol fact: Rachel Hunt was born in Nepal (Maybe the first N.C. Lt. Governor born outside of the U.S.?)

From public #ncsbe data, I analyzed approved Wake Co 2024 absentee ballots by day of receipt and median age that day. Repeats the normal pattern of age of voters steadily dropping as younger voters vote later. First and final days younger overseas voters, then 60s, 50s, 40s finally 30s

If Trump and Harris weren't on the ballot, what would the map look like? 2024 gave us one of the most interesting "third-place finishers" maps in recent history. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. placed 3rd in 25 states + DC Jill Stein in 14 states Chase Oliver in 10 states a fun 🧵⬇️

New update from NC State Board of Elections on Riggs-Griffin Associate Justice Election Recount: 31 out of 100 counties have completed their recount: Riggs -11 Griffin +7 #ncpol Data from counties found at: s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov...

The state’s top election official wrote Senate leader Phil Berger with “an urgent plea” to retract his statement casting doubt on election results. Former Gov. Pat McCrory is also condemning latest GOP effort to alter state election laws ncnewsline.com/2024/11/22/n...

Gee, if people hated what Stein did as Attorney General so much, then… How did he get re-elected? Why did the voters elect another Democrat to the office, by an even larger margin than they did in 2020? It’s clear voters wanted Jackson to lead the office, not the NCGA.

SB382 is classic NC politics - at its worst. #ncpol - drafted in secret - released and put up for a vote while giving the public and the media hardly any time to review all 131 pages - bundles largely unnecessary political power changes with needed hurricane relief (thread continues)

More on today's #ncga Senate action as the power shift/Helene bill heads to the governor, plus Berger answers reporters' questions on the changes www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpol

New tonight: Power shifts: How NC Republicans fast-tracked post-election changes drafted in secret #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

#ncga press conference starting shortly on power shift/Helene bill. Only five seats for reporters, we're not allowed in the other seats you see #ncpol

Allison Riggs currently has a lead of 623 votes in the NC Supreme Court race, but a recount is certain. What happened the last two times we had a statewide recount? There were only minor changes when recounts were requested in 2016 and 2020: 🧵(1/4) #ncpol

With new reports from Forsyth and Craven, Allison Riggs' lead has jumped to 623 votes over Jefferson Griffin. While there are still three counties who have not made their results official, it doesn't seem like this margin will change much... until the inevitable recount. #ncpol

Not wanting to lose out on the option of a recount in a race where every vote matters, Jefferson Griffin is preemptively suing the state Board of Elections to turn over additional election data as counties work to finalize results. @shaulenbeek.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/republican-j...

A major development in western North Carolina. After a 53-day water crisis brought on by Hurricane Helene, Asheville's tap water is clear to drink.

Jefferson Griffin is suing the NC State Board of Elections, claiming that the results are not coming in fast enough for his campaign to be able to request a recount in time. The deadline for a recount request is tomorrow at noon. #ncpol Link to tweet: x.com/SKHaulenbeek...

the entire state of north carolina waiting on forsyth and craven counties #ncpol

Provisionals from Halifax and Sampson have increased Allison Riggs' lead in the Supreme Court race to 70 votes. Forsyth and Craven are the only counties that have not yet reported provisional votes. Six others not yet official. #ncpol

Allison Riggs now leads Jefferson Griffin by 34 votes after morning updates from Yancey and Randolph counties. We are still waiting on Forsyth, Halifax, Sampson, and Craven to report their provisional ballots. Those boards of elections should meet today. #ncpol

Thom Tillis has a difficult two years ahead: he’s got to play nice with Trump and his allies to avoid a primary challenge, but appear moderate enough to win in what may be a difficult environment in 2026. #ncpol From WRAL: www.wral.com/story/trump-...

I'd like to assure everyone that the guy who is famous for eating a Big Mac for every single meal is still eating them. American hero Don Gorske ate his 34,000th Big Mac earlier this year. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/2/...

It truly warms my heart to see the internet embrace The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It’s one of the best songs ever made and I keep seeing memes and references to it made by teenagers.

People skipping the Governor's race on the ballot did not cost Mark Robinson the election (see the right side of this graph). As for the NC State Supreme Court Justice election...well... the number of people who skipped the office is 6613 times the current margin (left side) #ncpol

Saturday 1:20 PM Since that bomb from Wake, several more counties finalized their vote totals last night. This narrowed the race further: Allison Riggs leads Jefferson Griffin by an incredible 24 votes in one of the closest elections this state has ever seen. #ncpol