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Election shows impact of redistricting and why voting-rights groups are suingnew

Even though North Carolinians split their 2012 votes almost evenly between the parties, far fewer Democrats were elected than Republicans. Voting-rights groups are pointing to the results to press their case that the 2011 redistricting maps should be thrown out.
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  11-25-2012  |  Elections

The GOP hatches a plan to win North Carolina. Will it work?new

Is North Carolina in play? Or as Nate Silver of The New York Times recently wrote, does it matter in the electoral math?
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  08-16-2012  |  Elections

Campaign finance reports show huge sums pouring into candidate coffersnew

Most of the Super PAC funds will roll in during the fall elections, but as we've seen in other states, Super PACs are starting to creep into our North Carolina primaries.
INDY Week  |  Kirk Ross  |  04-20-2012  |  Elections

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