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3 primaries pit party preferences against upstarts
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tea party activists haven’t liked former Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana from the time he launched a comeback campaign three months ago. Now he’ll find out what that means for his bid to retake his old Senate seat.
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3 Ind. primaries pit party preferences vs. upstarts
Tea party activists haven’t liked former Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana from the time he launched a comeback campaign three months ago. Now he’ll find out what that means for his bid to retake his old Senate seat.
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Legislators speak up in Troy
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Lumbee group raps tribal contract
MAXTON – Beth Jacobs isn’t against gambling. But she is opposed to making a bad bet, she said.
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Dems angle for strongest candidate
Some of the leading Democratic senators are wading into the May 4 North Carolina Democratic Senate primary, hoping to hoist Cal Cunningham into the fall election against Republican Sen. Richard Burr .
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Burr faces three primary challengers
RALEIGH — U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., already is sitting on some $5 million in campaign cash for a re-election bid, and he hasn’t seen much need to drain those coffers for his Republican primary.
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Grand jury indicts trio in beating of 99-year-old
ROGERSVILLE — The three people accused in the March 9 beating and robbery of a 99-year-old Hawkins County woman were indicted Monday on charges of especially aggravated burglary, theft over $1,000 and auto burglary.
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Burr appears undaunted by his GOP rivals
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is already sitting on about $5 million in campaign cash for a re-election bid, and he hasn’t seen much need to drain those coffers for his Republican primary.
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Hagan unfazed by third-party push
North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan said Thursday she doesn’t expect much impact from a third-party effort in her state to challenge Democratic lawmakers deemed unfriendly to organized labor.
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Judge says he didn’t know Hagan’s husband
GREENSBORO — A judge whose ruling is under fire from the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority says he did not know U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s husband was part of a lawsuit against Randleman Regional Reservoir — a factor that triggered questions about the ruling’s propriety. read more
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