2020 presidential race

POLITICAL WRAP: Coronavirus Impact on Presidential Campaigns

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The coronavirus pandemic is impacting the race for the White House. Georgia and Louisiana have postponed their primaries, while other states still plan on voting Tuesday. But they will make adjustments, such as moving voting locations in or near senior living centers. Sunday night’s democratic primary debate did not have an audience. Both candidates had a […]

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POLITICAL WRAP: Coronavirus Concerns; Biden and Bernie Super Tuesday Battle

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mixed messages from the Trump administration on the Coronavirus. And on the campaign trail, it’s essentially down to two candidates for the Democratic nomination. Former Vice President Joe Biden is racking up endorsements, most recently from former candidate, Senator Kamala Harris. Meantime, Senator Bernie Sanders is looking to Michigan and its 125 delegates ahead of the next Super Tuesday.

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North Carolina played third fiddle on Super Tuesday. It won’t in November

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OPINION — Yes, Texas and California were the big delegate prizes on Super Tuesday. But don’t forget No. 3, North Carolina — politicians of both parties certainly won’t. The Tar Heel State has been a battleground for votes and issues for both parties for years. While South Carolina drew all the attention as the first-in-the-South

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Charlotte Talks: After Biden’s Comeback, 2020 Race Faces Super Tuesday Lightning Round

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While the voting was still underway in South Carolina on Saturday, the former vice president made a quick side trip to Raleigh. “Put me in coach, I’m ready to play,” Biden said at a rally at St. Augustine’s University. If North Carolina voters on Tuesday give him back-to-back Carolina victories, Biden said “it’s a straight

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Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: Biden Seeks Comeback In SC Primary; CMS Irks Parents With Survey

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The caucus results in Nevada had barely been tallied before the Democratic candidates for president packed their bags for South Carolina and Saturday’s “first in the South” primary. So Charlotte Talks has set up shop, too, at Amelie’s French Bakery in Rock Hill. Former Vice President Joe Biden put all his chips on South Carolina in an attempt to

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Could a short-term Bloomberg solution doom Democrats in the long term?

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OPINION — Mike Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, has been busy on the campaign trail, said “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, “shaking hands and frisking babies.” Taking a more solemn tone in his monologue, “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, a South African native who knows firsthand the effects of raw, racial animus, said in part: “So my problem with Mike

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