Election coverage, campaigns, and results
Roughly two-thirds of likely North Carolina voters support each of the three constitutional amendments on the ballot this November, according to the new September 2026 Carolina Journal Poll. The post CJ Poll: 2 in 3 likely voters back photo ID, tax amendments appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Voters see both US Senate candidates as tied to their party's national wing: 74% said Whatley would likely support the Trump administration's priorities if elected, and 60% said Cooper would likely support the priorities of the Democratic Socialists of America. The post CJ poll: Cooper leads Whatley by 15 as Republican voters drift to undecided appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Hundreds of people stood in the sun without shade for hours. Medics were standing by and helped at least two people who overheated while waiting to see President Donald Trump campaign for Michael Whatley at the Gastonia Airport Wednesday evening.
Trump rallied in Gastonia for Senate candidate Michael Whatley, attacking Roy Cooper on crime, inmate releases and Helene as Democrats called the visit a panic move. The post Trump boosts Whatley in Gastonia, hammers Cooper on crime, Helene appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Prosecutors said the perpetrators were creating a paper trail for fake IDs that Shushlebin could then use to commit financial fraud.
President Trump tested his midterm appeal in front of North Carolina voters Wednesday, helping Michael Whatley shore up his campaign against Roy Cooper.
President Trump suggested the proposed arrangement could be a “hostile act” and threatened heavy tariffs on Europe if he judged its intentions to be unfriendly.
The president says tariff revenue could fund the payments, but the proposal would require congressional approval and could cost an estimated $1.2 trillion.
An investigation that began with a vigilant York County parent has ended with a former Tennessee Sheriff's deputy being sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.
President Trump rallied in Gastonia for Whatley, calling Roy Cooper a "murderer protector" and saying control of the US Senate rides on the race.
GASTONIA — North Carolina resident Charles Whatley hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976. It was his first time voting. In the past 50 years, he said he’s alternated between choosing Republicans and independents, depending on who’s running. “A lot of it is independent politics is better, such different ideas,” […]
President Donald Trump’s visit to Gastonia is drawing both supporters and protesters as he campaigns for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley.
Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close most of the performing arts center for repairs. That vote came after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to depart Wednesday evening for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before voting in this […]
Ahead of midterm elections, state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom, R-Henderson sits down with CJ to discuss her campaign. The post NC-11 candidate state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom sits down with Carolina Journal appeared first on Carolina Journal.
A federal judge will allow the mayor of Washington to move forward with her lawsuit against the city and the incumbent she beat in the 2025 mayoral election. The post Federal judge does not dismiss mayor’s lawsuit against Washington appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Kendal Hayes and Glenn Delgreco II are now charged with first-degree murder in the death of their three-month-old infant daughter.
WASHINGTON — Voters are much more likely to support U.S. Senate candidates in the November midterm elections if they have a plan to avoid an automatic cut to Social Security benefits in 2032, according to a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation. “Senators elected this fall will be in office in […]
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]
WASHINGTON — The cost of U.S. military operations in Iran has exceeded $40 billion and the war will continue to cost taxpayers between $2 billion and $3 billion per month, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The ongoing bombing campaign, which President Donald Trump launched alongside the Israeli government […]