by Frank Williams, 7th District Chairman

I just got in from today’s 7th District GOP Executive Committee meeting in Lumberton.  We had a very productive meeting with enthusiastic attendees from counties throughout the district.

A number of candidates were in attendance today, including some who are running in Democrat-leaning districts that have often gone unchallenged.  These candidates are sticking their necks out to ensure that the Democrats have to defend every seat they hold, and we should do all in our power to help them succeed.   Read more...

by Frank Williams, 7th District Chairman

Last night I attended the Pender County Republican Party President’s Day Dinner in Hampstead.  The event attracted a strong crowd of enthusiastic conservatives who are committed to electing candidates who will restore common sense to our government.

NCGOP State Chairman Tom Fetzer was the keynote speaker.  Chairman Fetzer underscored many of the problems our state and nation have seen under the Obama and Perdue administrations.   Read more...

by Frank Williams, 7th District Chairman

All too often, I hear from conservatives who are frustrated by the voting records of Republican officeholders.  They often make statements like “the Republican Party doesn’t stand for anything.”  Unfortunately, far too few of those conservatives vote in the Republican primaries that determine which candidates carry our party’s banner in the general election.   Read more...

According to the Wilmington Star-News, Democrat District Attorney Rex Gore broke state laws by using public resources to announce his campaign.  According to the Star-News article Gore’s executive assistant, Libby Carlisle (a state employee), sent the announcement via e-mail shortly after 1 p.m.  The full story is here.

Brunswick County Republican Jon David is expected to challenge Gore.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — If North Carolina taxpayers thought they had seen the worst of Mike McIntyre’s fiscal recklessness, today’s White House budget proposal makes it clear that the worst could be yet to come. After Democrats pushed through last year’s $3.6 trillion monstrosity, the Obama administration will be leaning hard on McIntyre to rubber-stamp this year’s earth-shattering $3.8 trillion request. McIntyre’s party already voted to put the nation’s finances in the red for a generation and now his party leaders are pushing a plan that racks up over $5 trillion in debt over the next five years:

“President Barack Obama’s new $3.83 trillion budget — on its way to Congress Monday — anticipates an even worse deficit this year than last and no big improvement until the economy improves and the nation sheds the crushing costs of two wars overseas.”   Read more...