N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said last week's disclosure of five more unreported, free flights taken by Gov. Bev Perdue provide more reason to investigate her campaign finances.
Fetzer filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections in October asking for an investigation of [...]
N.C. Republican Party chairman Tom Fetzer surprised some editors and reporters at The News & Observer recently when he said he had some positive feelings for the paper.
Executive Editor John Drescher noted on The Editors' Blog that Fetzer got his start in the Jesse Helms organization, which [...]
N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said President Barack Obama should keep U.S. Attorney George Holding.
Fetzer, in a statement, said that Obama's nomination of Thomas Walker is an example of putting politics first.
"You'd be hard pressed to find someone who had put more [...]
The N.C. Republican Party on Tuesday hired Russell Peck to be its new executive director.
Peck was heavily involved in the victory of Republican Chris Christie in New Jersey's governor's race earlier this month, Rob Christensen reports. Christie defeated Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine. Peck had worked last year as North [...]
I wrote last week about the North Carolina Republican Party executive committee giving some thought to a resolution that would close the party's primaries to unaffiliated voters. Click here for that story.
[...]The N.C. Republican Party has rejected a proposal to ban unaffiliated voters from participating in its primaries.
Meeting over the weekend in Raleigh, the party's Executive Committee voted by a wide margin to reject a plan to bar independents.
Among those strongly opposing the effort were the leaders of the [...]
The members of the North Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee, voted Saturday to keep open Republican primaries to those registered unaffiliated in North Carolina.
The discussion was lengthy and heated with passion on both sides of the argument.
Ann Sullivan, of Wayne County and second Vice Chairman of the 3rd Congressional District, [...]
Claude E. Pope, Jr, Chairman of the Wake County Republican Party, Friday, filed a Notice of Challenge with the Wake County Board of Elections, challenging the right of Clayton H. "Clay" Aiken to remain registered to vote in Wake County.
“It has come to light [...]
The N.C. Republican Party's top legislative leaders asked party officials not to block independents from voting in the Republican primary.
Republican candidates have to form a coalition with independents to win races in the state, wrote Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger, of Eden, House Republican [...]
The N.C. Republican Party's executive committee will consider banning unaffiliated voters from voting in Republican primaries.
The party has until Dec. 1 to decide whether to allow both Republicans and unaffiliated voters to participate in primaries and will consider a ban this weekend.
According to the proposed resolution, the participation of [...]