Archive - Longleaf Politics

This deserves General Assembly hearings ASAP

Charlotte's repeat offender problem makes it pretty clear that Iryna's Law doesn't go far enough

Oct 17 •

My hot take on the new Congressional map proposal

It looks pretty clean. A toss-up district and a safe Republican seat become two roughly even districts that lean red — but aren't sure things

Oct 16 •

Why county GOP groups have so much drama

County parties are where the movement’s biggest fights get worked out face to face

Oct 13 •

Republicans nearly aced this pro-family scorecard — except for one little issue

A new report from the N.C. Family Policy Council shows overwhelming GOP alignment, with a few dissenters on school cell-phone rules.

Oct 7 •

Gov. Josh Stein didn't really have a choice

And other notes from a busy week in N.C. politics

Oct 6 •

Does N.C. have a problem with out-of-state voters?

An analysis of mail-in ballots shows 19,000+ votes accepted from outside North Carolina with no obvious explanation for why

Oct 4 •

An interesting theory on why Democrats are losing voters

State party chair Anderson Clayton's idea has some merit, but I don't think it really explains what's happening

Oct 1 •

September 2025

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