We are waiting for protests to be determined on the State Supreme Court election. It is time to remind ourselves how Justice Riggs ran 2% ahead of the three statewide Court of Appeals Democratic candidates who lost. Justice Riggs also ran ahead of Justice Sam Ervin IV and Judge Lucy Inman in 2022. They also […]

Here is the big picture at the local, state, and national level. For 2020 and 2022, I provided a similar scorecard. Local level. Before the election, Republicans controlled 67 county commissions. The GOP now controls 71 county commissions. Republicans flipped Martin, Perquimans, Scotland, and Watauga counties. Democrats control 24 counties, five have no majority. Democrats […]