RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham has formally changed her party registration from Democrat to Republican in a shift that gives GOP legislators veto-proof control over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Cotham’s announcement last Wednesday that she ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Top leaders in the North Carolina Senate want to reduce the state’s already falling individual income tax rate even further than what’s already set to happen. Senate leader Phil Berger and the chamber’s Senate Finance Committee ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican state representative and a Democratic attorney are vying for an open state Senate seat in Tuesday’s election in a race that could decide whether the GOP inches closer to a supermajority that could override ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee that had sought to prevent counties from helping voters ensure their ballots count by fixing minor, technical deficiencies on mail-in ballot envelopes. ...

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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans on Wednesday celebrated hanging on to their majorities in both General Assembly chambers after withstanding a massive effort by Democrats locally and nationally to wrest control before ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The two Republican members of North Carolina’s state elections board have resigned after signing off on a settlement to help voters fix absentee ballot problems that has been criticized by state GOP leaders. Ken Raymond and ...

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The Republican National Convention in Charlotte and the North Carolina GOP convention are on as scheduled later this year for now despite uncertainty over the new coronavirus, the state party’s top leader says. In an open letter to state Republicans ...

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The former chairman of North Carolina’s Republican Party admitted Wednesday that he broke the law by lying to federal agents about his role in an alleged effort to bribe the state’s top insurance regulator to help a major GOP donor. ...

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The dissolution of North Carolina’s elections board Friday injected further uncertainty into a still-undecided congressional race as a U.S. House Democratic leader rejected the idea of filling the seat until an investigation of ballot fraud allegations is complete. Gov. Roy ...

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A lawyer for the Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional race said Monday the campaign doesn’t think a planned hearing aiming to root out evidence of alleged ballot fraud can happen. An attorney for Republican Mark Harris said Monday ...

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