Retired NC Supreme Court Justice Mike Morgan has dropped a new campaign ad while two GOP candidates drop out entirely.
As the calendar inches closer to the start of the December 5th candidate filing date in North Carolina, there’s movement in the race for governor, arguably the most important 2024 election campaign in the state.
Two comparatively weak Republican gubernatorial candidates have seen the light and decided to drop out of the GOP primary to run for other offices, rather than face the juggernaut that is the front-runner, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.
Meanwhile, a new, well-self-financed Republican candidate has not only jumped in while others are scurrying out, but he’s already put a campaign commercial on the air.
And the Republican front-runner, Robinson, is staying in the thick of controversy, criticizing a large demonstration against the Israel-Hamas Middle East conflict that blocked traffic on Durham Highway 147, posting on social media “lawless disturbances are unacceptable.”
An angry Robinson was upset that Durham Police did not forcefully try to remove the demonstrators.
“When I am governor, we will not tolerate protestors interfering with law-abiding citizens going about their daily lives,” Robinson said. “The days of coddling lawlessness will be over. I’ll move swiftly to order Highway Patrol to use any and all resources at their disposal to quickly clear roadways of these extremist displays.”
In the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, retired NC Supreme Court Justice Mike Morgan was busy traveling the state, appearing at public events, shaking hands, and making speeches wherever and whenever he could, especially in the African American community. Morgan also unveiled a well-produced, made-for-social media, first campaign commercial in the race against Democratic gubernatorial front-runner state Attorney General Josh Stein.
The three-minute-plus…
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