In 2022, Democrat Wiley Nickel ran as a moderate and narrowly won North Carolina’s13th Congressional District by about 9,000 votes. Two years later, the current congressman, Republican Brad Knott, ran as a conservative and

N.C., discusses how redistricting is impacting the midterms and previews GOP strategy on ‘The Big Weekend Show.’

Early voting is surging in several key battleground states, giving Democrats hope that their strength in midterm polling could translate into a turnout advantage in November. In North Carolina, more than 1.2 million early ballots have been accepted, a 37 percent increase from the same point leading up to the 2022 midterms, according to an…

North Carolina has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008. Can Roy Cooper break that spell? Roy Cooper has built such a strong rapport with North Carolina voters over 38 years in elective office that many believe he has all but put away this year’s Senate race.

New to Charlotte? Welcome to a blue city that blends North Carolina purple, where the whole nation is watching our Senate pick, and our consequential judicial races come down to a few hundred votes. Why it matters: Charlotte's large number of newcomers — like you!

"If you don't play along, there's not a spot for you at the table," the Republican candidate said.

Mail-in ballots are being rejected at a growing rate in rural areas thanks to U.S. Postal Service cuts. ProPublica reports that in the primaries this year in Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, California, and Ohio, a staggering amount of ballots arrived too late to be counted due to delays in mail delivery. Three days after primary elections in Stevens County, Washington, election workers checked the mail for late ballots. They found over 500...