Despite Edwards, N.C. Leans Republican
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North Carolina has lost 160,000 manufacturing jobs under President Bush and is home to Sen. John Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards. A Democratic state? Hardly.
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- Erskine Bowles continued his health care tour Tuesday with a stop in Charlotte. It was day two of the Democratâs three-day tour, which is highlighting his plan to make health insurance more affordable in North Carolina.
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Mike Huckabee showed that he is still attracting voters even as the majority of the Republican Party is beginning to coalesce around John McCain as the nominee.
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Supporters stood in the dark as the John Kerry-John Edwards campaign train sped through town in the wee hours of Saturday. They got their chance to spend time with half the ticket Sunday when Edwards and his family paid a makeup call in a rare Democratic foray into a traditionally Republican stronghold.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards took his third-place New Hampshire finish in stride on Tuesday, pledging to carry his battle forward despite difficult odds. "I am in this race until the convention," he told supporters.
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Across the nationÂs 36 races for governor, Republican candidates are playing up their liberal positions.
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Presidential candidate John Edwards said Friday he feels "at peace" campaigning in his native South Carolina, though he acknowledges that how Democratic primary voters will receive his populist message remains anyone's guess.
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Democratic Sen. John Edwards wasn't born a millionaire, and he doesn't let voters forget that.
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Fast-growing Nevada had hoped to play an influential part in selecting the nominees for this year's presidential election, but with the state's caucuses a week away, Republican voters are not seeing many candidates.
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A surprise fight over breast cancer threatens to eclipse tobacco and trade as issues in the final week of a down-to-the-wire fight for the North Carolina seat in the U.S. Senate being vacated by Democratic running mate John Edwards.
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The Republican Party retained control of the US Senate after yesterday&#39;s election by picking up seats in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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By Jack Betts, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--RALEIGH -- Never let it be said that North Carolina doesn't embrace big business with a gusto normally reserved for the safe return of a war hero or a NASCAR winner just back from Daytona.
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Propelled in Iowa by evangelicals' support, Mike Huckabee is trying for a repeat victory in South Carolina, where religion is woven even more tightly into the fabric of life.
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The aftermath of the South Carolina primary brought some measure of clarity to the muddled Republican presidential race.
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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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National Republican Party officials on Wednesday hailed Sen. Lincoln ChafeeÃ¢ÂÂs victory in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Rhode Island primary as a triumph for the party, describing the center-left incumbentÃ¢ÂÂs nomination as crucial to their hopes of holding the seat in a state that typically has a strong Democratic lean.
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ASHEVILLE, NC John Edwards has kicked off a farewell tour as a North Carolina senator -- while promising he&#39;s not saying goodbye to politics.