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March 24, 2019 at 9:09 pm

A more skeptical high court to hear redistricting challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year, proponents of limiting partisan politics in the creation of electoral districts needed to win over Justice Anthony Kennedy. They couldn't.... Updated 3:18 am

March 13, 2019 at 9:14 pm

Tillis changes vote, supports Trump on border emergency

WASHINGTON (AP) — Changing his vote from the public stance he took last month, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis voted Thursday to support President Donald...

FILE – In this May 8, 2018 file photo, 9th Congressional district Democratic candidate Dan McCready smiles as he speaks with U.S. Rep. Alma Adams outside Eastover Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C. North Carolinaâ€™s elections board is expected to decide Monday, March 4, 2019, when to hold new party primaries and the general election for the 9th congressional district, where a seat still remains vacant after Novemberâ€™s result was tainted by ballot fraud concerns. McCready is running again in the new election. Republican candidate Mark Harris will not. Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer via AP, File) NCCHN601 NCCHN601

March 3, 2019 at 6:10 am

North Carolina Democrats see opportunity in do-over congressional election

The Democrat in last November's race, Dan McCready, has a head start in fundraising and name recognition in the do-over, and the allegations of ballot...

February 26, 2019 at 10:03 pm

Well-known Republicans steer clear of disputed US House race

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three well-known Republicans are staying out of a North Carolina congressional race that had to be re-run because suspicions of ballot...

February 22, 2019 at 2:51 pm

Judge strikes down North Carolina voter ID OK’d by voters

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge on Friday voided new state mandates requiring photo identification to vote and also limiting income tax rates....

Mark Harris, Republican candidate in North Carolina’s 9th congressional race, listens to testimony during a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th congressional district voting irregularities investigation Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at the North Carolina State Bar in Raleigh, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, Pool) NCRAL603 NCRAL603

February 19, 2019 at 10:33 pm

Was that ballot fraud in North Carolina US House race? VIEW

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The country's last vacant congressional seat will stay that way for months after North Carolina's election board, hearing evidence of ballot...

February 13, 2019 at 1:07 pm

Redistricting reformers hopeful about legislation this year

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lawmakers who want to reform the redistricting process in North Carolina say uncertainty over pending map litigation and the shaky balance...

February 11, 2019 at 10:17 am

NBA All-Star Game arrives after ‘bathroom bill’ changes

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The NBA All-Star Game is set for North Carolina this weekend after the league delayed Charlotte hosting the event for two...

February 10, 2019 at 4:08 pm

Rep Walter Jones Jr. of North Carolina dies on 76th birthday

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. of North Carolina, a once-fervent supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq who later...

February 7, 2019 at 1:27 pm

New board gets private preview of Congressional race probe

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A reconstituted North Carolina elections board received a private preview Thursday of what investigators uncovered in their probe of absentee ballot...