“I would love to get [abortion restrictions] down to six weeks. And I’d like to get down to zero. I would like to push it back as far as we could and eliminate as many abortions as we can,” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told supporters earlier this month.
Republican perennial candidate (and perennial election loser) Joshua Niday is running for a seat in the legislature for the fourth time this fall and his right-wing extremist beliefs have been flying under the radar in his district.
In addition to more than 400,000 school supply items, WakeEd raised over $70,000 in monetary donations, including a $20,000 challenge match from the 4 Others Foundation.
“The usual pattern in political science is that as people grow older, they become more engaged and recognize the importance of participating in activities like voting,” NC politics expert Michael Bitzer said. “However, millennials aren’t following this trend.”
Kennedy’s candidacy has given election officials — and voters — whiplash over the past two months. He originally fought to get on the ballot, gathering thousands of signatures to form a new political party in North Carolina. Now he wants off the ballot.
Fresh on the heels of Republican legislators passing a bill this week to spend another $463.5 million on private school vouchers, NC superintendent candidates Mo Green (D) and Michele Morrow (R) will face each other in a debate on Saturday morning.
Polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight show that Josh Stein’s “skirt” ad had “a near-immediate impact on Robinson’s campaign.” Stein and Robinson were neck-and-neck until July – after Stein’s ad was released. Some recent polls show Stein up as much as 14 points.
A survey of more than 3,900 U.S. women ages 18 to 49 was conducted earlier this summer and found that 74% of women under 50 think abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Robinson’s attendance record at various state bodies, including the state board of education, has been spotty. The Military Affairs Committee meets quarterly, and the minutes show Robinson has been absent from every meeting since he took office in 2021.
In recent months, Republicans in red states, including North Carolina GOP leaders, are demonizing marginalized communities through their efforts to pass bills that ban non-citizens from casting a vote – something that is already law.