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Dec. 6, 2024

Democrats sue over Supreme Court race, plus the latest on federal Helene funding

Jefferson Griffin's campaign for Supreme Court has been trying to throw out the ballots of 60,000 people who voted this year, and now the NC Democratic Party is suing to try to block his strategy. If they're successful it's …

Nov. 22, 2024

Political fights over control of elections, and top NC disaster official is out under scrutiny

A Helene aid bill contained little money for disaster relief but lots of unrelated provisions stripping power from Democrats who won election to key offices including incoming Governor Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Ja…

Nov. 8, 2024

Election recap: Why Trump won NC yet Democrats still did well in races for governor, legislature

Nearly the entire country voted more pro-Trump in the 2024 elections compared to 2020, but only one other state had a smaller rightward shift than North Carolina. Republicans are celebrating that win and their continued domi…

Nov. 1, 2024

NC breaks early voting record as WRAL New Poll shows close races everywhere but governor

The final round of polls from WRAL News and SurveyUSA released in this final week of early voting, as more than half of all voters have now already cast a ballot, breaking the record set in 2020 for early voting. The polls s…

Oct. 25, 2024

JD Vance on western NC voting claims, plus our analysis of new Helene relief aid

As influential Republicans in the most pro-Trump wings of the party suggest a Kamala Harris victory in North Carolina will be illegitimate due to potential voting difficulties in western North Carolina. But state elections o…

Oct. 18, 2024

Mark Robinson's lawsuit, plus sources of election misinformation and a call for political war

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is suing CNN for defamation. Multiple lawyers, including the man who won $1.4 billion from Alex Jones and InfoWars, spoke with WRAL about the lawsuit's chances of success and what more w…

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