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A Republican former state official in North Carolina pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million Friday -- and claimed a mental illness causing her to compulsively hoard money led to the theft. Raleigh's WRAL reported that former Wake County Register of Deeds Laura Riddick received six felony charges of embezzlement by a public officer.
A North Carolina Republican running for U.S. Congress was in Wake County court on Friday for a contentious hearing that ended with the judge reprimanding all involved for poor parenting. Steve Von Loor, the Republican seeking the 4th Congressional District in the November elections, went before Wake District Court Judge Dan Nagle seeking a protective order against his ex-wife's current husband.
U.S. House District 2, which includes Nash County, deserves more than a Washington politician out of touch with North Carolina, according to three Democratic candidates vying for victory in Tuesday's primary. Ken Romley, Linda Coleman and Wendy May are running to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. George Holding or his GOP primary challenger Allen Chesser.
Voters at North Carolina State's polling location, the Creative Services Building, on Varsity Drive, waited three hours or more on Thursday night to cast their ballots one day before the end of early voting. Alexandra Henry, who had just voted, said she waited three hours to vote in line.
Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.
Election directors across the state expect to record single-digit turnout in many, if not most, precincts across the state after the voters who did show up recorded their choices for Congress and the state Supreme Court. In the Raleigh area, the most closely watched race was among Republicans hoping to represent the 2nd Congressional District.