National and local issues bring Greensboro voters out early to polls for 2024 primary day
Greensboro voters share what issues locally and nationally are motivating them to come out in this year's primary election.
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Democrats in Triad's 6th District feel left out with no one to vote for Congress
North Carolina’s 14 congressional districts are equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. But that will change under new maps approved by the GOP-led legislature last year. Among those seats almost certain to flip is the Triad’s 6th District.
North Carolina's 5 open congressional seats drawing candidates in droves
With five members of North Carolina's U.S.
Federal judges sound hesitant to overturn ruling on North Carolina Senate redistricting
An appeals court on Thursday weighed a plea to halt the use of two new North Carolina state Senate districts starting this year on arguments the boundaries approved by the Republican-controlled leg
North Carolina redistricting lawsuit tries `fair` election claim to overturn GOP lines
Another lawsuit challenging North Carolina district lines for Congress and the legislature to be used starting this year seeks a new legal route to strike down maps when critics say they've been manipulated for political gain.
New North Carolina state Senate districts remain in place as judge refuses to block their use
A judge refused Friday to prevent the use of two North Carolina Senate districts drawn by Republican legislators starting with the 2024 elections and to order them replaced with boundaries that lawsuit plaintiffs argue would more likely ensure Black voters can elect a preferred candidate in one of them.
Legal challenges over maps unlikely to disrupt primary, state official says
A state voting official says legal challenges to North Carolina’s political maps are unlikely to interfere with the March 5 primary as voting begins Friday.
North Carolina's election maps for 2024 are racially biased, advocates say in lawsuit
North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters.
North Carolina Rep. Nickel won't seek reelection due to remapping, will consider 2026 Senate bid
Democratic U.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel said Thursday he won't seek reelection to Congress next year, the result of congressional redistricting by Republican state legislators this fall that's likely to shift North Carolina's delegation to the right. And he said he'll consider a U.S. Senate bid for an election that would be nearly three years away.
No reelection campaign for Democratic representative after North Carolina GOP redrew U.S. House map
U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning announced Thursday that she will not file under lines that state election data suggests could net Republicans at least three more seats. Manning's district is now considered a GOP-leaning district. It's one of four challenged earlier this week by Black and Latino voters in a federal lawsuit alleging the new map weakens minority voting power to strengthen “the state's white majority.”