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Morning Roundup: The Jesse Helms primary

jbfrank — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:08:33 -0400

In his column this week, Rob Christensen has a new title for the 13th Congressional District Republican contest: the Jesse Helms primary.

The two major candidates Paul Coble and George Holding, are running as sort of the 21st-century heirs to the former U.S. senator and conservative icon. Coble could literally be Helms’ heir, since he is Helms’ nephew. If Coble has Helms’ genes, Holding owes his career to Helms. He worked as an aide to Helms, who got Holding his job as U.S. attorney. Read more here.

Morning Roundup: Candidate filing, Obama's budget and Perdue, oh my

jbfrank — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:20:00 -0500

The race to replace retiring Congresswoman Sue Myrick is attracting a number of prominent candidates from the Charlotte area, Republican and Democrat. Read here.

President Barack Obama unveiled his 2013 federal budget. Here's what's at stake for North Carolina. What do Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson think of the budget, read a statement they made to The Charlotte Observer. The White House is also honoring a Triangle nonprofit leader, Joe Freddoso.