Suzanne Reynolds is our choice for N.C. Supreme Court; read our endorsement to find out why. The Indy also issues its endorsements for the state appellate court. Also to be announced today: Soil and Water District Supervisors for Durham and Wake counties. Coming on Monday: congressional and state legislative races
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NC voting case before Supreme Court
Pender County is in the legal spotlight this week as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether the state of North Carolina broke the law in how it created a minority voting district. The New York Times has the analysis today, and asks the essential question, the Times writes, is “Must a minority group constitute a […]
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B.J. Lawson, the hybrid candidate
Ray McKinnon is the type of voter assumed to be a solid North Carolina Democrat: African-American, a youth pastor, Hillary Clinton-turned-Barack Obama supporter and lifelong party member. He lives in Orange County, which, with Durham and parts of Wake and Chatham counties, forms the Fourth Congressional District, the most progressive political jurisdiction in the state, […]
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NC voter reg shows wider Dem margin
NC is featured prominent on the best electoral number-crunching Web site, fivethirtyeight.com, with a report on the state’s surging Democratic registrations. According to the State Board of Elections, there are 2.7 million registered Dems in NC, compared to 1.9 million Republicans. Unaffiliated/other comes in at 1.3 million. Registration deadline was Oct. 10, but same-day registration […]
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Candidate questionnaires posted at indyweek.com
In preparation for early voting, the Indy has posted candidate questionnaires online. You can also get to them through the Elections page. Some candidates did not return their questionnaires.
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Fernando Perez faster than Seabiscuit?
Former Bull and Tampa Bay Ray Fernando Perez scored the winning run against the Red Sox in a burnin-the-midnight-oil Game 2 of the AL championships. The New York Times has a lively story recapping the five-plus hour game. Perez, who was pinch running, scored in the bottom of the 11th on a sac fly by […]
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Short-term memory: McCain disses short-term mayors, guvs
Mother Jones features a video of John McCain during a 2008 primary debate criticizing Rudy Giuliani’s shortcomings in foreign policy for being a “mayor for a short period time” and likewise, Mitt Romney for being a governor “for a short period of time.” Yet months later, he chose Sarah Palin, whose tenure as Alaska guv […]
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Durham Committee nixes meals tax
The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People voted down the prepared meals tax. Read the Indy’s story on this morning’s decision.
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Joe Biden: a man of character
Indy columnist Steven Petrow has written a poignant and compelling piece today about corresponding with Joe Biden back in ’72 after Biden’s wife and daughter were killed in an accident. The article also lauds Biden’s character as a contrast to the lies and innuendo spread by the McCain/ Palin campaign: “So while McCain and Palin […]
