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A look back on 2024 N.C. political campaigns

“We need to be a party where people associate us with constituent services and with community benefits, where they say you can count on Democrats to ...

Before You Vote 2024: A Guide to Bond Referendums on Orange County Ballots

Welcome back to the third episode of Before You Vote 2024, where City & State Editor Lucy Marques chats with senior writer Sarah Clements about the ...

Before You Vote 2024: A History of Student Voter Turnout

Before You Vote 2024: Voter Registration 101

Today is primary election day. Here's what to know before you vote

Before You Vote: 2023 Local Elections, Episode 4

By Laney Crawley , Sierra Pfeifer and Le Ha | November 7

On this episode of Before You Vote, we learn what each candidate said when the Opinion board asked: "What do you see as a solution for the lack of housing ...

Democrats cast half of all absentee ballots thus far in state midterm election

Over 41,000 North Carolinians have cast absentee vote for the midterm elections

By Simon Tan | October 23

According to state data, the number of absentee voters for the 2022 midterm election has significantly increased compared to the number from the 2018 ...

2022 Midterms Episode 2: A post-Roe election

By Emmy Martin , Hannah Rosenberger , Reagan Allen , Maggie McIntyre and Kathryn Bragg | October 12

In this episode, City & State Editor Emmy Martin and Daily Tar Heel reporters Hannah Rosenberger, Kathryn Bragg and Maggie McIntyre discuss the implications ...

Column: This is the most important midterm election of our generation.

By Tanner Arter | October 4

"We saw the writing on the wall, the foreshadowing of a rollback in several decades of progress. It all unfolded earlier this summer. Republicans holding ...

2022 Midterms Episode 1: Your guide to voting

By Emmy Martin , Conor Buchanan , Will Christensen and Maddie Singleton | October 4

Welcom to Before You Vote, The Daily Tar Heel’s election podcast. We will be breaking down what you need to know about voting before the 2022 midterm ...

Over 1,000 North Carolinians, including elected officials, in group involved with Jan. 6 riot

By Maddie Singleton | September 26

This month, the Anti-Defamation League issued a report analyzing membership data on the Oath Keepers, a far-right group that was involved with the United ...

Here's what you need to know about registering to vote in Orange County

By Maddie Singleton | September 12

For the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 8, races on the ballot include the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and several state offices. ...

Meet the candidates running for District Attorney in District 18

By Ethan E. Horton | May 11

Neiman and Taber will face off in the Democratic primary election on May 17, and the winner will run unopposed in the general election. No other parties ...

Early voting period gives voters options to cast ballots before Election Day

By Samuel Long | October 18

Early voting allows people to vote in the municipal elections during a designated period before the general election on Nov. 2. The early voting period ...