#BREAKING: In NC Supreme Court race, Griffin has wrongly accused at least 30 voters of never residing in NC, including 22 with a history of in-person voting. With court action imminent, I pulled an all-nighter to bring you this paywall-free story. #ncpol https://t.co/fYETdJb5Zw

North Carolina's senior senator comes out in opposition to possible Trump pardon of Greg Lindberg. #ncpol

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NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has just sent President Trump a letter amid push before holidays for Greg Lindberg to receive pardon. "A well-financed and aggressive public relations campaign advocating for clemency should not be mistaken for evidence of injustice." #ncpol

"Mr. Rucho? Mr. Rucho, are you still with us?" For folks asking, here's the sequence of NC State Board of Elections member and former state Sen. Bob Rucho falling asleep during a vote to approve early voting plans in 87 counties that reached consensus. #ncpol

Today in #ncpol, the NCSBE has unanimously approved early voting dates and locations for 87 counties that had unanimity on their plans. Meanwhile, chairman Francis DeLuca wore a grinch shirt and board member Bob Rucho dozed off. #ncpol Voting site list-> https://t.co/KBO7oaMWje

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Missed one for McInnis primary in #SD21. It's now 30% of Republican state lawmakers running for reelection having a contested March 3 primary (28/92). #ncpol

Missed one for McInnis primary in #SD21. It's now 30% of Republican state lawmakers running for reelection having a contested March 3 primary (28/92). #ncpol

If you are a candidate with a last name starting with “F,” you’ll be happy to know you appear first on ballot. If it starts with “G,” you’re not so happy. #ncpol Ballot placement order here: F, E, D, C, B, A, Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G

And these are the contested primaries for open seats: GOP: -#HD22 -#HD51 -#HD55 -#HD90 -#SD01 DEM: -#HD32 https://t.co/cgkt7HM3Wp

When factoring in those not seeking reelection, 36% of sitting Republican lawmakers are either not returning or have a competitive primary (36/101), compared to 16% for Democrats (11/69). #ncpol

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Digging through candidate filings, 29% of Republican state lawmakers running for reelection will have a contested March 3 primary (27/92). For Democratic incumbents, just 15% have a contested primary (10/68). #ncpol

Republicans Laurie Buckhout & Bobby Hanig aren't exactly best friends right now. In separate interviews on Friday, Buckhout said Hanig told her he wish he wouldn't have run and felt sorry for him. Hanig raised concerns over Buckhout's health. #ncpol #NC01 https://t.co/w9lmW8gyS7

There'll almost certainly be additional counties added to this list as NCSBE processes what just came in today. Votes finalizing the early voting sites in the disputed counties will likely take place in early January (dates TBA). #ncpol

Deadline for counties to submit early voting plans has ended. Per NCSBE, as of now, there's 12 with non-unanimous plans (meaning it'll be left to NCSBE to decide). #ncpol -Alamance -Brunswick -Columbus -Craven -Cumberland -Greene -Guilford -Harnett -Jackson -Madison -Pitt -Wayne

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Correction: Gallimore is a former senator, NOT state rep. He ran for House last year, but lost. He also lost to Jarvis in state Senate races in 2020 and 2022. #ncpol

FWIW: Dems say they've recruited a pair of candidates in #HD14 and #HD79 who will run as unaffiliated, but caucus with the Democratic Party if elected, so the party's view is they're contesting every election. #ncpol

With candidate filing now over, Dems didn't put up a candidate in 1% of NC legislative races. #ncpol MISSING SENATE DEMS - 0 MISSING HOUSE DEMS - 2 (#HD14, #HD79)

MISSING HOUSE GOP - 29 (#HD02, #HD11, #HD29, #HD30, #HD31, #HD34, #HD38, #HD40, #HD42, #HD45, #HD50, #HD54, #HD56, #HD57, #HD58, #HD61, #HD66, #HD71, #HD72, #HD92, #HD99, #HD100, #HD101, #HD103, #HD106, #HD107, #HD112, #HD114, #HD116)

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With candidate filing over, Republicans didn't put up a candidate in 20% of NC legislative races. #ncpol MISSING SENATE GOP - 5 (#SD20, #SD27, #SD28, #SD38, #SD39)

NCSBE update is in. This should be the final candidate list--> #ncpol https://t.co/cgkt7HMBLX

Former state Rep. Eddie Gallimore, who narrowly lost in a GOP primary last year, is running to primary state Sen. Steve Jarvis. #ncpol