Guy Cecil is the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the driving force behind the vaunted $60 million Bannock Street project that fizzled on election day. On Thursday, at the CQ Roll Call Election Impact Conference, he said, “This was
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The optimism exuded by Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis’ campaign and supporters Tuesday in the early evening, panned out later tonight when the challenger defeated the incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) in one of the tightest,
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said late Tuesday that in the wake of the Senate going Republican, the biggest loser is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Almost every candidate Clinton campaigned for lost. Those include Georgia’s Michelle Nunn, Iowa’s Bruce
CHARLOTTE, NC — Senior senator from North Carolina Richard Burr said Tuesday that he was “cautiously optimistic” that Sen. Kay Hagan’s (D-NC) Republican challenger state House Speaker Thom Tillis would win. “I think when you look at where the national
MSNBC Political Contributor and Executive Editor of Blue Nation Review Jimmy Williams argued Democratic Senators and Senate candidates Sen. Mary Landrieu (LA), Sen. Kay Hagan (NC), and Michelle Nunn (GA) would win and that “maybe” Alison Grimes (KY) “would do
As America prepares for its final day of voting on Tuesday’s Election Day, abortion mill Planned Parenthood says it has upped its get-out-the-vote game and is ready for a Democrat victory. Two of the abortion groups’ get-out-the-vote operations, Planned Parenthood
After spending much of her reelection bid distancing herself from President Obama, a new radio ad is making the rounds featuring Obama endorsing Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC). “Voting’s easy. Just stand with me, President Obama, and take responsibility in moving
The Republican Party of North Carolina is lashing out at the Charlotte Observer for abruptly memory-holing a story published Saturday night regarding the scandal involving the stimulus money awarded to the immediate family of Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC). The Observer
After spending much of her time keeping some distance between her and the Obama administration, as have most Democrats this cycle, North Carolina Democrat incumbent Sen Kay Hagan went up with a last minute Obama endorsement in the form of a
North Carolina Democrats are taking to black churches today – and tomorrow for so called “Moral Monday” in an effort to drag Kay Hagan over the finish line before Republican Thom Tillis in North Carolina’s Senate race. Hagan is a
Newly released CNN/ORC International polls have the North Carolina and Iowa Senate races dead even going into the final weekend before election day. The slight differences are within the polls’ margin of error. Iowa Republican Joni Ernst leads Democrat Bruce
Sen. Kay Hagan refused to give her performance in the U.S. Senate a grade in an interview that aired Thursday evening. Speaking to WFMY News 2 anchor Frank Mickens, Hagan avoided and then refused to provide an answer to
If you think you can’t wait for this year’s election to be over with, you might just have to wait just a bit beyond election day if you happen to live in North Carolina – that according to a new
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is endorsing North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis for U.S. Senate, arguing that the Republican would be a leader in Washington. “America faces challenges both at home and abroad,” Rice said in a statement
In New York, Democrat Andrew Cuomo is running away with the governor’s race. But he’s also running away from one of his party’s staunchest supporters: teacher unions. The incumbent governor is up more than 20 points in the latest RealClearPolitics
A conservative political action committee is targeting Latino voters in the North Carolina, Iowa, and Colorado with ads in both English and Spanish dealing with topics other than immigration. The Hispanic Leadership Fund is spending more than $250,000 in the
The North Carolina Republican Party announced Thursday it has filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections and state attorney general following the release of a video allegedly showing Democratic campaign workers encouraging an illegal immigrant to vote. “It
Conservative activist James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas is out with a new video showing Democratic campaign workers appearing to condone and assist an individual posing as an illegal immigrant to vote in North Carolina. In the video, a woman pretending to
While other recent polls have the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina at a virtual tie, Thursday morning brought dueling polls, one showing Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) with a slight lead and another showing her Republican challenger state House Speaker
Women Speak Out, the Super PAC arm of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, has raised $2.5 million this election cycle to run an aggressive ground game in support of pro-life Senate candidates in four key swing states: North Carolina,
On Tuesday night, WSOC Charlotte’s Blair Miller sat down with Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NH) to ask her about her thoughts on President Obama’s job performance, among other things. “When it comes to the president,” Miller began, “your opponent has tried
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) still can’t say whether President Obama is doing a good job. In an interview with WSOC-TV, which Republican groups highlighted Wednesday morning, Hagan would not give an up or down opinion of Obama’s job performance. Instead, she opted
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) chastised Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) for failing to attend an Armed Services Committee briefing about ISIS in order to attend a fundraiser Tuesday. “Here we are with Americans being beheaded, and Sen. Hagan doesn’t even show
At a campaign event in Charlotte over the weekend featuring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), a Hagan surrogate called her Republican opponent, state House Speaker Thom Tillis an “Uncle Tom.” The comments were first
The conservative group American Commitment is responding to a recent radio ad from the Democratic Senate Majority PAC that attempts to tie North Carolina Speaker of the House Thom Tillis to the death of Florda teen Trayvon Martin. American Commitment
