Jesse Helms

Democrats make gains in NC amid startling changes

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina ushered in its first female governor while saying goodbye to its first female senator, Republican Elizabeth Dole, on Tuesday as the Democrats pushed for a momentous top-of-ticket sweep in a state...

N.C. turnout may end up lower than projected

North Carolina's elections director is predicting a lower-than-expected turnout, meaning more voters cast absentee and early ballots than actually voted today. After talking to elections officials in about 60 of the state's 100...

A dawn to savour, but a tough tomorrow

Barack Obama's convincing victory has redefined a fractured, troubled America.There have been few nights in the annals of this republic to equal the one we are waking from. The first true democracy, which survived its...

Local Dems cheered as Obama steamed toward victory

The mood was festive but restrained at the traditional election night hangout for Tompkins County Democrats, the Plumbers & Steamfitters union local on West State Street — until just after 9:30 p.m., when CNN called Ohio for...

A journey for black and white, together

This must be what it felt like to get word that President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation.To hear the Supreme Court had declared separate but equal was not equal. To vote without fearing for your life.This is...

President-Elect Barack Obama: an End to the GOP’s Southern Strategy

President-elect Barack Obama's win is so cataclysmically historic one knows not where to begin. First, his victory signifies the death of the Old South and President Nixon's infamous "Southern Strategy," which the GOP has used...

Kay's big day

Kay Hagan was waiting in a private room behind a big lobby at the Greensboro Coliseum. The networks, one by one, had declared her the winner of the North Carolina Senate race. An aide sat at a table with four...

Presidential election fever spills in and out of NFL locker rooms

Sen. Barack Obama, left, met with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and his daughter, Harlynn Quinn, in August. Browns QB Brady Quinn, center, made a campaign appearance with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, left,...

No-vote can be pivotal lesson to betrayer

No-vote can be pivotal lesson to betrayer Harris used franchise to run "sellout" out of office WASHINGTON- One overlooked but poignant aspect of an election is the "no" factor. A given candidate, who might be disliked or, even,...

Can Dole's Hail-Mary Ad Save Her North Carolina Seat?

Elizabeth Dole, left, and Kay Hagan, right, are running for Senate in North Carolina. Elizabeth Dole, the wife of former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole, won Helms' North Carolina Senate seat by a comfortable nine-point...