Bev Perdue

North Carolina Gov Apologizes For Bashing Mississippi

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.14.2012

CORRECTION: This story embarrassingly took Bev Perdue's spoof Twitter account at face value -- here is her real one -- to produce the following: No...

State Becoming Political Headache For Dems

AP | MITCH WEISS | Posted 05.12.2012

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months befo...

Mississippi Gov Responds To North Carolina Gov's Jab

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.11.2012

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday it was "petty" for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue to insult Mississippi while bemo...

Saki Knafo

Gov. Bev Perdue's Budget Could Save Nation's Leading Early Childhood Programs, Advocates Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.11.2012

Children's advocates are applauding the latest state budget in North Carolina, hailing it as the latest victory in a long and drawn-out battle over th...

N.C. Gov Uses Fellow Southern State To Slam Amendment 1

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.11.2012

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) said Friday that she was embarrassed by voters' passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state's constituti...

Top Dem Refuses To Step Aside Amid State Party Scandal

Raleigh News & Observer | John Frank | Posted 04.20.2012

In an extraordinary act of political theater, the state Democratic chairman described and dismissed outright the sexual harassment claims against the ...

Details Of Alleged Sexual Harassment Emerge In State Dem Party Scandal

Raleigh News & Observer | John Frank | Posted 04.19.2012

A former staffer accused North Carolina's state Democratic Party executive director of showing him a picture of male genitals, caressing his leg and d...

North Carolina Governor Marks Big Trouble For Top Dem

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 04.18.2012

David Parker, chairman of the Democratic Party in North Carolina, is expected to step down amid allegations that he helped facilitate a plot to cover ...

Saki Knafo

Republican Lawmaker Claims There's No Extreme Poverty In North Carolina

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.02.2012

There's no such thing as extreme poverty in North Carolina. At least that's what Rep. George Cleveland, a Republican in the state assembly, claimed Th...

Dem's Decision Could Help Obama In Key 2012 State

AP | By MICHAEL BIESECKER and TOM BREEN | Posted 01.27.2012

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The key battleground state of North Carolina is still within President Barack Obama's grasp, despite Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's...

North Carolina Governor Retiring

AP | GARY D. ROBERTSON | Posted 03.27.2012

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue said Thursday she will not seek re-election because she fears a fight with Republicans over public education...

Governor Signals She'll Oppose Passage Of Proposed Gay Marriage Ban

AP | Posted 12.07.2011

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, signaled on Friday that she'll oppose passage of a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marri...

Split In Political Vision Comes To Light In Battleground State

Creative Loafing Charlotte | Mary C. Curtis | Posted 12.05.2011

It was a tale of two visions of government. And when politicians from both parties came through Charlotte with plans on what it's going to take to get...

Thom Goolsby, NC State Senator, Calls Obama's "Political Operatives" a Threat for Registering Voters

Yuna Shin | Posted 10.11.2011

Yuna Shin

Thom Goolsby, a Republican from New Hanover County, sent out an e-mail to his supporters, in which he call President Obama's "socialist policies" a great threat to not only North Carolina, but also to the entire nation.

North Carolina 'Going Backwards" In Education, Governor Says

NPR | Claudio Sanchez | Posted 10.01.2011

As the 50 states pass their budgets in trying times, education spending is taking one of the hardest hits. In North Carolina, the cuts are so severe t...

Laura Bassett

North Carolina House Votes To Force Ultrasound Bill Into Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.25.2011

North Carolina lawmakers voted on Tuesday to override Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of a mandatory ultrasound bill that forces abortion doctors to say certai...

Battleground North Carolina: Midnight Madness & the Southern Backlash

Michael Carmichael | Posted 08.16.2011

Michael Carmichael

While there is a growing progressive trend supporting vetoes of radical right-wing legislation, there is a definite backlash against centrist, populist, Blue Dog-style Democrats in North Carolina and all across the South.

Arthur Delaney

Grim Prospects For Latest Effort To Restore Extended Jobless Benefits In N.C.

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.01.2011

Sonia Street does not want to be evicted from her apartment in Charlotte, N.C., but she says that's what will happen if Republicans in the North Carol...

An Open Letter to North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue: Support Community Broadband

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 07.20.2011

Lawrence Lessig

H.129 is terrible public policy. The Internet is essential infrastructure for the 21st century, and communities that rely solely upon private companies to provide public infrastructure will always have second-rate service.

Arthur Delaney

37,000 Jobless Lose Benefits In North Carolina Standoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- A standoff between Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue has halted unemployment insurance f...

2008 North Carolina Gubernatorial General Election:
McCrory (R) vs. Perdue (D)

Posted 05.25.2011

NC-Gov: McCrory vs Perdue

Dems On North Carolina GOP Attack Ad: "Racist Gutter Politics"

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Beverly Davis

On the first day of early primary voting in North Carolina, the GOP has unleashed its first attack ad against Obama and two of his local political supporters. The ad is being denounced on both sides of the aisle.