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With North Carolina a one-party Democratic state of the Solid South following the disfranchisement of blacks, North Carolina Republicans struggled to survive as a party during the first half of the twentieth century. African Americans were virtually excluded from the political system in the state until the late 1960s.
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by Slave activists in 1854, it dominated politics nationally for most of the period from 1860 to 1932.
Wyatt Walter Gable (born 2002) is an American politician who has served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 14th district since 2025. [1] A member of the Republican Party, he defeated 10-term incumbent George Cleveland in the primary. [2] He is a student at East Carolina University. [3]
President George W. Bush carried North Carolina by double-digit percentages in 2000 and 2004, but in 2008, a strong year for the Democratic Party, its presidential candidate Barack Obama narrowly defeated Republican candidate John McCain in North Carolina, 49.7% to 49.4%, becoming the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the state in 32 ...
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Harrigan ran for the United States House of Representatives seat in North Carolina's 14th congressional district in the 2022 elections as a Republican. He lost to Jeff Jackson, the Democratic Party nominee. [4] In August 2023, Harrigan announced that he would run again for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2024 elections. [5]
North Carolina Senate 3rd district general election, 2024 [7] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Bob Brinson (incumbent) 64,025 : 59.99% : Democratic: Charles Dudley 42,704 40.01% Total votes 106,729 : 100% : Republican hold
Incumbent two-term Republican Senator Thom Tillis, was re-elected with 48.7% of the vote in 2020. On June 10, 2023, the North Carolina Republican Party had censured Tillis over his support of gun control and same-sex marriage. [1] Republicans have won every U.S. Senate election in North Carolina since 2010.