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  1. Thanks for all the scoops, ldyj. I love this from his bio: "Additional 2nd place finishes include: The Celebrity Apprentice in 2012 and the NC 2nd District US House race in 2014."
  2. I'll bet Clay hasn't the slightest idea what's been going on with Musk lately. I hope not. In general, he doesn't appear to pay much attention to Twitter, period.
  3. Cheri Beasley has won the Democratic primary for Senator by a huge margin. She has the best chance to beat the Republican competition, who will surely be a hard right person. ETA, yup, Ted Budd, endorsed by Trump, will be her challenger. Former Governor McCrory, who used to run Duke Energy and brought us coal dust pollution, was considered to be "too liberal."
  4. FWIW, those are all early voting totals. Nonetheless, not too promising.
  5. My niece just sent this - it's from her polling place in Creedmoor, NC.
  6. Good article! Clay comes off very well, leading the way with an opinion that a lot of people who follow also express, and, nice photo! First line: "Clay Aiken is pissed off."
  7. Good written coverage of the press conference, the issues, interviews, etc. https://www.wral.com/pricey-triangle-race-spawns-outcry-lost-endorsements-over-outside-spending/20277116/ Love the photo--since it's Clay's show, the coverage is centered around him.
  8. She was definitely there. I saw a little bit of her speaking in one of the first videos posted.
  9. Yup, they are more or less the same paper -- same publisher. There might be local differences. They are all paywalled, so I've never checked for details, but anytime I see something posted at one of the others, I can be sure it's at the N&O as well.
  10. WRAL's perspective on the issue of campaign money, also with interviews with the candidates. Wish the local media hadn't brought this up so late. https://www.wral.com/singer-state-senator-activist-highlight-congressional-race-in-durham-chapel-hill/20268712
  11. There's a long, long article in the N&O today about the PAC money being spent on Val's campaign. A few mentions of Clay, but the over-all theme is even more important. Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article260975442.html Since the N&O strips the formatting and the photos when I try to copy to paste here, and has a paywall, I tried converting this one to a pdf and uploading it here. Let's see what happens. ETA: looks like it wants to download the pdf onto your computer. Democratic primary in NC_ millions in Super PAC money _ Raleigh News & Observer.pdf Another quote from the article:
  12. Guest column on Chapelboro.com: It's an interesting historical perspective on the district, in addition to the quoted comments. Full article is here: https://chapelboro.com/town-square/viewpoints-thoughts-on-the-fourth-district.
  13. Another good candidate questionnaire, this from the N&O: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/voter-guide/article260570777.html Says it was published April 24, but it's new to me. It's behind a paywall so I copied the whole thing and re-added paragraphing. They use a nice photo--the one in the green sweater.
  14. Clay is pictured, mentioned, quoted in this article about Judge Evans: https://indyweek.com/news/durham/pat-evans-forthcoming-judgement-election/ This comes close to being a hit piece, but it does present positive things about her. I don't know anything about the judge, so this is not an endorsement, but I was surprised in a good way that she was behind the April gun buyback in Durham. I've been thinking for a long time someone needs to do that. It needs to happen some more. There are way too many guns in Durham, and a shooting just about every day.
  15. Apparently they have not, Mik4clay. I would love to know as well. Clay mentioned somewhere that they were doing some internal polling, but he never said how that turned out. Maybe that's why the focus on Durham for the last few weeks. The N&O article seemed to think Durham was a focus as well. There's a bunch of places besides Durham in that district, but maybe that's where there's the greatest concentration of voters? I think of Orange County is equally large, but it probably isn't. I'm glad you read the whole thing. I thought it was really thorough and informative. Bottom line, though, is that everyone in the article is just giving their opinion. I admit to being discouraged that the N&O didn't come down harder on Val for her unsavory PAC money. Which reminds me, I don't watch TV often but I guess I'll have to start if I want to see the ads. I hope somehow they can get the word out about Val without turning people off. Tricky tricky.
  16. Another long one, this from the N&O. Clay is mentioned throughout, and gets pride of place as first to be discussed, but the article is not hugely encouraging about his chances, in Durham anyway. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article260319695.html I tried to copy it over, but it was just one long paragraph.
  17. Val Foushee is definitely a person of integrity but it was politically naive of her to accept this much money from them. Clay's name has risen to the top, symbolically speaking anyway, after this news. https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3271514-progressives-rescinding-endorsement-of-nc-congressional-candidate-over-aipac-donations/
  18. OK, speaking of dealing with stuff, I googled the history, and this Blue Note isn't all that old. And I can't remember now what city an old club called Blue Note was in that I drove by from time to time.
  19. The place where Clay is singing, the Blue Note, is a n old and highly respected Durham institution. To see him get respect there gives me a thrill on top of That Voice.
  20. Local article on Clay's race: Race for David Price's Congressional Seat Draws a Crowded Field There are comments of about this length from each of the candidates, with a short blurb in the main article followed by a link.
  21. In case anyone else is wondering, I found this about primaries with multiple candidates: Brace yourselves folks, there's a few people in that long list who will be tough competition. I think everyone on the boards already knows about Nida Allam. Another is Valerie Foushee. She's been a senator or congressperson at the state level for ten years. (And represented me in both capacities at times -- depending on what the maps looked like at any given moment). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Foushee. I'm not familiar with any of the other names, but that doesn't mean much. Charles Graham decided last minute to run in his home district, the 7th, which is fortunate for Clay. He's a member and elder of of the Lumbee tribe, was also a special ed teacher, has been running for close to a year already, and has a strong campaign. I'd really like to see him win his seat. Not that I get to vote for him, or Clay. In my district there's only one Dem candidate, someone I have not heard of before. 4 Republican candidates.
  22. Oh Fear, I hate Virginia Fox with a purple passion. The redistricting is doing me no favors personally either. The incumbent in my district is someone (a Republican) I never heard of (although that might be a good thing). Will have to look him up. I don't even know who is running against him. ETA: I take that back. According to the N&O there is no incumbent in my district. Interestingly, it's closer geographically to where Clay ran before. Also interesting, the district encompassing the city of Charlotte also has no incumbent. Someone on CV was asking what district Clay lives in. He grew up in what is now the 2nd, but he could live in the 3rd - I don't know where he lives.
  23. OK, just saw this at CV: https://www.wral.com/nc-supreme-court-ok-s-new-voting-maps-for-2022-election/20153515/ "Breaking news" and all that. So what will Clay do?
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