Michael McElroy is Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent. He is an adjunct instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and a former editor at The New York Times.
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Where do Josh Stein and Mark Robinson stand on abortion, climate change and other issues?
Here’s a quick look at there the candidates stand on several major issues that affect North Carolinians.
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Josh Stein’s goal for North Carolina? ‘Make this a great state for everyone.’
Stein sat on his front porch with Cardinal & Pine to lay out his priorities as he runs for governor of a state with challenges as real as its charms. In his bid to move from North Carolina’s attorney general to its governor, Josh Stein has traveled the state with a message that many here…
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Mark Robinson has called abortion ‘murder.’ Now he’s trying a softer tone.
While Robinson has not changed his tune in speeches so far, the ad presents a clear attempt to appeal to a wider audience and smooth his record on an issue that could play a huge role both in the governor’s race, and up and down the ballot.
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Charter school groups donate $65,000 to Mark Robinson campaign as he attacks traditional public schools
The donations add to the evidence that Robinson would likely prioritize private and charter schools over the state’s underfunded public school system.
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2024 election is a battle for the ‘soul of public education’ Mo Green says
Green, the Democratic nominee to lead NC’s public schools, is in a race against Republican Michele Morrow, who has called public schools ‘indoctrination centers’ and advocated for the public execution of Barack Obama and other Democrats. When Mo Green took over as superintendent of Guilford County public schools in 2008, there was lots of work…
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Gov. Roy Cooper withdraws from consideration as Kamala Harris’ VP
Cooper did not quite have the same national name recognition as others on the list, like Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania or Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, but he would have made a lot of sense.
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‘There is no enthusiasm gap anymore’: Kamala Harris energizes North Carolina Democrats
It’s been five days since President Joe Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, but her candidacy has quickly injected high-octane enthusiasm into the 2024 election. The volume seems especially loud in North Carolina, a state that Donald Trump cannot lose if he hopes to have a realistic path…
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Could Gov. Roy Cooper be the next vice president?
Cooper may not be as well known as some of the other names on Kamala Harris’ list of choices, but he makes a lot of sense. To start: he is more popular in North Carolina than Donald Trump.
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North Carolina Democrats rally behind Kamala Harris, praise Biden’s decision to step aside
Several NC Democrats endorsed Kamala Harris on Sunday, including all 168 of the state’s party delegates, Anderson Clayton, the chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, said.
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Project 2025 has Trump’s fingerprints all over it, NC Democrats say
Project 2025 calls for restricting abortion access and enacting political vengeance and though Trump has tried to distance himself from it, he once said it detailed ‘exactly what our movement will do.’
