Carter Wrenn started his career managing Ronald Reagan's campaign for president in 1975. He said Reagan was trailing Gerald ...

The Mark Robinson campaign planned to attack Josh Stein using many of the same tropes that Jesse Helms used against ...

In today's hyper-politicized era, it raises an obvious question: Do Republicans still buy sneakers too? Taylor Swift seems to ...

That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which looks at a Fourth Circuit seat that remained unfilled for sixteen years, from 1994 to 2010. Federal district judge Terrence Boyle was the ...

By falsely linking Haitians in Springfield to the spread of infectious diseases, the GOP candidates are joining a long, ...

Five counties gave both Mark Robinson and Josh Stein victories in 2020. One is “as close to a bellwether as we’ve got.” | ...

Editorial: Democrat Josh Stein plays it safe - and wrong, with his refusal to debate Republican Mark Robinson in the race for ...

He perfected the racial dog whistle and depended on the support of the segregationist North Carolina senator Jesse Helms to rescue his 1976 presidential campaign. Although Reagan ultimately lost ...

Dripping perspiration and hurrying through the historic halls, you might bump into Joe Biden or Jesse Helms. Squeezing into ...

By Alexander H. Jones In North Carolina political geography, “the suburbs” is a term that sits somewhere between the realms of holy grail and hoary cliché. Republicans and Democrats have sought to ...

Sen. Jesse Helms used his role as a TV commentator in the 1960s to gain election to the U.S. Senate in 1972, a post he held for three decades. On television and on Capitol Hill, Helms regularly ...