North Carolina Republicans hope that data indicating voters prefer the GOP over Democrats will give them a boost in the 2026 elections. There are now more registered Republicans than Democrats in North Carolina,

The News & Observer identified 26 people running for the legislature in 2026 who changed their party affiliation in 2025, including candidates who moved from unaffiliated status to a party. Up and down the ballot across all levels of government, 140 candidates changed their registration.

There may be a RINO on the loose in North Carolina. Niqab-wearing LaKeshia M. Alston is running as the only Republican for the state Senate’s 22nd district seat — despite being a lifelong Democrat. With little known about her policy leanings,

Absentee voting for North Carolina's 2026 primary elections begins January 12 with a deadline to request ballots by February 17.

Absentee voting for the 2026 primary election begins Jan. 12, and with it are new rules to ensure votes count. In a news release sent out Thursday, the North Carolina State

On Monday, Jan. 12, North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections will begin sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for the 2026 primary election. It marks […]

The midterm elections are here. With less than two months until the North Carolina primary, we get perspective from a reporter and two strategists about the candidates, the issues and more. It’s a 2026 election primer,

The NC State Board of Elections will meet on January 13, 2026, to discuss early voting plans and other issues; the public can attend in person or via Webex.

North Carolina politics is never boring, but 2026 is shaping up to be unusually consequential. In most election years, you circle November and work backward. Whatever drama is unfolding in Washington ends up tinting everything else down the ballot.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — For the first time since North Carolina began tracking voter registration by party in 2004, registered Republicans now outnumber registered Democrats statewide, according to the latest data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Candidate filing for the 2026 midterms has come and gone, and races for the state legislature will be among the most consequential on the ballot. North Carolina Democrats are hoping they can keep Republicans short of a supermajority in the General Assembly,