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On May 24, Politico Magazine ran a piece reminding current Democratic office holders of Bill Clinton’s warning that pro-gun control polling is not pro-gun control voting.

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

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

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

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

Cosmopolitan magazine is heading to North Carolina on Election Day with a bus full of “snacks, swag, and models” to take North Carolina State University students to the polls. The university is the first winner of Cosmopolitan’s new party bus contest.

A new High Point University poll released Monday finds the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina in a current tie.  Incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and state Speaker of the House Thom Tillis both received 44 percent of the

Immigration activists unexpectedly took the stage with Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) to protest her for not being pro-amnesty enough at a campaign event Sunday, according to a Buzzfeed report.  While Hagan supported the Senate immigration bill that would have provided

A new audit has discovered over 1,400 registered voters on North Carolina’s voting rolls are likely not citizens of the United States.  The North Carolina State Board of Elections revealed Friday that it looked at data from the N.C. Division

In the wake of news that an American doctor who recently returned from West Africa tested positive for Ebola in New York City, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis called on President Obama to start exhibiting leadership. “The American people

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” MSNBC political correspondent Kasie Hunt interviewed incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), who is in a tight reelection bod for her seat against Republican senatorial hopeful Thom Tillis. In that interview, Hunt asked Hagan

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) is under fire for releasing the private medical information of one veteran to another veteran with a similar name. “With the VA plagued with a management crisis, it was claimed Hagan’s constituents services would ensure veterans

Conservative group Freedom Partners Action Fund is dropping a $6.5 million final ad buy in several U.S. Senate races across the country making the case that voting for Democrats is a vote for President Barack Obama. The ads, which will

On her Tuesday show, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow questioned the wisdom of Sen. Kay Hagan’s (D-NC) decision to take a pass on a debate against her Republican challenger Thom Tillis earlier in the evening. “See the empty chair there?” Maddow said.

Amid ongoing questions about her family’s apparent stimulus benefits, numerous Armed Services Committee hearing absences, and Ebola flip-flops, Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) did not show up at the fourth and final debate in the U.S. Senate race Tuesday evening.  With Hagan

North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis will be appearing on stage alone Tuesday evening in what would be the fourth debate and final televised debate of the cycle. The incumbent, Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) declined to participate in the debate,

Over the weekend congregants at Kingdom Impact Global Ministries — a predominantly African American church in Fayetteville, NC — were party to an unusual political flier on their vehicles after Sunday services.  “Kay Hagan doesn’t win! Obama’s impeachment will begin!