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Craig Weber
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound. The district is currently represented by Greg Murphy (politician), Greg Murphy following a special election after the seat was left vacant following the passing of Walter B. Jones Jr. in February 2019. Jones had been the district's representative from 1995 until his death. In 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2008, he defeated Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Craig Weber for reelection, and was challenged in 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2010 by former chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party Johnny Rouse, whom he defeated by a vote of 72% to 26% (141,978 votes to 50,600). In 2012, he was challenged by Frank Palombo, the former New Bern, North Carolina, New Bern Police Chief, for the Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duplin County, North Carolina
Duplin County ( ) , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the . Retrieved January 31, 2013. is a located in the U.S. state of . As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
Beaufort County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 44,652. Its county seat is Washington, North Carolina, Washington. The county was founded in 1705 as Pamptecough Precinct. Originally included in Bath County, North Carolina, Bath County, it was renamed Beaufort Precinct in 1712 and became Beaufort County in 1739. Beaufort County comprises the Washington, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville, North Carolina, Greenville-Washington, NC Greenville-Kinston-Washington CSA, Combined Statistical Area. History Beaufort County was first called Pamptecough. The name was changed about 1712 to Beaufort, named for Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684–1714), who became one of Carolina's Lords Proprietor around 1709. Beaufort County was the site of a proposed United States Navy, Navy Proposed Outlying Landing Field, outlying lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
119th United States Congress
The 119th United States Congress is the current term of the United States Congress, legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened on January 3, 2025, for the last 17 days of Presidency of Joe Biden, Joe Biden's presidency and will continue for the first two years of Second presidency of Donald Trump, Donald Trump's second presidency. Following the 2024 United States elections, 2024 elections, the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party retained its slim majority in the House, though the party lost two net seats in the election and thus ended up with a three-seat majority instead of its previous five-seat majority. The Republican Party also won a three-seat majority in the Senate after winning four net seats in the 2024 elections. With Trump's Second inauguration of Donald Trump, second inauguration on January 20, 2025, the Republican Party has an overall fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated PVI or CPVI, is a measurement of how partisan a U.S. congressional district or U.S. state is. This partisanship is indicated as lean towards either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, compared to the nation as a whole, based on how that district or state voted in the previous two presidential elections. History The Partisan Voting Index was developed in 1997 by Charlie Cook of ''The Cook Political Report'', in conjunction with Clark Bensen and his political statistical analysis firm, Polidata, "as a means of providing a more accurate picture of the competitiveness". It is based on the methodology introduced by Rob Richie of the Center for Voting and Democracy for the Center's July 1997 Monopoly Politics report. The Cook Political Report has since released new PVI scores every two years. In 2021, the newsletter ended its relationship with Polidata and instead used Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections to cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives, House of Representatives. Vested with the state's legislative power by the Constitution of North Carolina, the General Assembly meets in the North Carolina State Legislative Building in Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh. The House of Representatives has 120 members, while the Senate has 50 members. All represent districts and are elected to serve two year-terms. There are no term limits for either chamber. Together, the bodies write the state laws of North Carolina—known as the ''General Statutes'' and create the state's biennial budget. Most legislation is subject to the potential Veto power in the United States#In state government, veto of the governor, though such a veto can be overruled with a three-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGHP
WGHP (channel 8) is a television station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, United States, serving the Piedmont Triad region as an affiliate of the Fox network. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, and maintains studios on Francis Street (just outside downtown High Point); its transmitter is located in Sophia, North Carolina. History As an ABC affiliate In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia, and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by WUNL-TV) in Winston-Salem was also interested. Southern Broadcast Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
Perquimans County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,005. Its county seat is Hertford. The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility is located in Perquimans County. History The county was originally created as Berkeley Precinct. It was renamed Perquimans Precinct around 1684 and gained county status in 1739. The largest community and county seat is Hertford. File:Perquimans County Courthouse and the Jim "Catfish" Hunter Memorial - Hertford, North Carolina.jpg, Courthouse and the Jim "Catfish" Hunter Memorial File:Perquimans River and the "S" Bridge - Hertford, North Carolina.jpg, The Perquimans River and the "S" Bridge. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (24.86%) is water. Major water bodies * Albemarle Sound * Little River * Perquimans River Adjacent counties * Gates County – northwest * Pasquotank County – east * Tyrr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Pasquotank County ( ) , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the . Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a located in the of . As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene County, North Carolina
Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,451. Its county seat is Snow Hill. History Greene County, being a part of land grant by King Charles II of England in 1663, was first settled around 1710 by immigrants from Maryland, Virginia, and parts of North Carolina. The original inhabitants of the area, the Tuscarora Indians, fought with these immigrants and on March 20–23, 1713, a fighting force of South Carolinians and Yamasee Indians, under Colonel Murice Moore, defeated the Tuscarora, under the leadership of Chief Hancock. This was the final major battle of the Tuscarora War at Fort Neoheroka near current day Snow Hill. In 1758, the area now recognized as Greene and Lenoir Counties was separated from Johnston and named Dobbs for the Royal Governor. The county was formed in 1791 from the northern part of Dobbs County. It was originally named Glasgow County, for James Glasgow, North Carolina Secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dare County, North Carolina
Dare County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,915. Its county seat is Manteo. Dare County is included in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. Because it includes much of Pamlico Sound, Dare County is the largest county in North Carolina by total area, although if considering land area only, it drops down to 68th in size among the state's 100 counties. History Dare County is named after Virginia Dare, the first child born in the Americas to English parents, who was born within the county's current borders. Founded in 1870 from parts of Tyrrell, Currituck and Hyde counties, it consists of a large segment of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, along with Roanoke Island and a peninsula of land attached to the mainland. Most of the county consists of a string of resort communities along the Outer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Currituck County, North Carolina
Currituck County () , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 5, 2013. is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the northeasternmost county in the state. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 28,100. Its county seat is Currituck, North Carolina, Currituck. The county was formed in 1668 as a precinct of Albemarle County, North Carolina, Albemarle County and later gained county status in 1739. The name is "traditionally said to be an indigenous word for wild geese; Coratank." Currituck County is included in the Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, VA-NC Hampton Roads, Combined Statistical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
