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Pat McCrory's Lost His Race for Governor ... What's the Fallout?

By Cheris Hodges

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | November 19, 2008

Mayor Pat McCrory didn't lose by a huge margin in Charlotte -- 337 votes cost him Mecklenburg County. But for a man who hasn't lost a race in this city -- ever -- and has counted on support from Democratic voters, it's telling.

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Tags: North Carolina, 2008 downballot elections, governors, Pat McCrory, Charlotte

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Legalize it!: N.C. House Bill 577, aka the Medical Cannabis Actnew

A North Carolina legislator rolls another number for the road — the road to medical marijuana, that is.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Cheris Hodges | 11-29-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Medical Marijuana, medical cannabis, NC House Bill 577

Andrew Murray Makes His Case for DA for Mecklenburg Countynew

Mecklenburg County District attorney Peter Gilchrist will be retiring after 36 years in office. Who will replace him?

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Cheris Hodges | 01-19-2010 | Crime & Justice

Scooting Along, If the Cars Don't Take You Outnew

Scooters and motorcycles save gas, but are other drivers considerate?

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Cheris Hodges | 07-16-2008 | Transportation

Tags: transportation, scooters, motorcycles, commuting, commuters

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The government shutdown, my boyfriend and menew

Furlough hits home

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Kimberly Lawson | 10-16-2013 | Commentary

Tags: government shutdown, furlough

Left and right join to stop NSAnew

Bipartisanism — remember that word? — still exists.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | John Grooms | 08-01-2013 | Commentary

Tags: John Conyers

Confederacy of Duncesnew

Compared to South Carolina, our idiots notthat bad.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | John Grooms | 05-24-2013 | Commentary

Tags: Mark Sanford, conservatives, politics

GOP bills ensure less voting, fraudulent or legitimatenew

More ways to keep North Carolina Dems from polls.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | John Grooms | 04-11-2013 | Elections

Tags: Republicans, North Carolina General Assembly, voter id bill

Will the Democratic South Rise Again?new

New committee launched at inauguration hopes to re-energize at local level.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Mary C. Curtis | 01-30-2013 | Commentary

Tags: Democratic National Convention, Republican National Committee

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