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Why such different voter drives?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:01:15 -0400

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are taking different tacks on voter drives.

Obama is running a traditional voter drive to sign up new voters by Friday's deadline, followed by a push on one-stop voting between April 17 and May 3.

The debate is on?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:19:54 -0400

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would debate in Raleigh.

The North Carolina Democratic Party announced today that the two presidential candidates would face off at the RBC Center on April 27.

Perdue's snapshot with Obama

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:12:47 -0400

The Republican gubernatorial candidate does not need to offer a reward this year.

In 2000, Richard Vinroot offered $500 for the best photo of then-Attorney General Mike Easley and Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore together before a debate at Wake Forest University.

Leistikow to handle media for Obama

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:05:11 -0400

Dan Leistikow knows North Carolina.

The recently appointed spokesman for Barack Obama's state campaign previously worked for Sen. John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign.

After serving as Edwards' spokesman in Iowa in 2007 and early 2008, Leistikow worked out of the Chapel Hill headquarters. After Edwards dropped out, he became Obama's spokesman in Wisconsin.