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(The Center Square) – Redrawing the 1st and 3rd congressional districts last October was by design to give North Carolina a chance to help President Donald Trump have 11-3 backing in the U.S. House of Representatives, up one from the 119th Congress.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Incumbent Justice Anita Earls and challenger Sarah Stevens have polled as close as any for North Carolina's 2026 midterms.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Eight seats for the state Senate, sans significant upsets, arguably have the potential to impact North Carolina Republicans retaining and possibly building on their three-fifths majority or Democrats carving into the deficit.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Majority power in the House of Representatives, possessed by North Carolina Republicans since the 2010 midterms, arguably rides with 26 of the 120 seats up for grabs in the 2026 midterms.
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(The Center Square) – Lawmakers in North Carolina are coming back to Raleigh to address high gas and diesel fuel prices, the Senate president pro tempore says.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Diesel fuel prices per gallon are down 13 cents and unleaded gasoline 12 cents in the past week for North Carolinians, according to AAA.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Nearly 9 in 10 voter registrations added since the primaries in North Carolina are unaffiliated to either major party, according to Saturday’s weekly seven-day update from the State Board of Elections and analysis by The Center Square.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Mercurial and bullying to anyone in his path, President Donald Trump and a number of key people in his administration have had their turns in conflict with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, parts of which are exposed in his memoir hitting bookshelves Tuesday.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Democrat Roy Cooper wants to “make stuff cost less” and Republican Michael Whatley is pushing to keep his party’s majority in order to enact the agenda of second-term Republican President Donald Trump.
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Reporting from Just the News
The move signals that Senate Republicans are moving away from trying to put former RNC Chairman Michael Whatley in the upper chamber and shifting instead to reelect Marshall, who is facing a tough race against Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton.
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