Bloviations

My second post at The Indie Register is online and the comments at my first post are quite interesting.

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Bob Cavanaugh (Rep Candidate), Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr, Writing | Category: 2010 Elections, Bob Cavanaugh (Rep Candidate), Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent), Writing | Leave a comment

My first post at now-regional alt-newspaper-turned-alt-blog The Indie Register is live.
Go check it out and leave some love.

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), Marshall Adame (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr, Writing | Category: Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

to ruin my holiday.
Why can’t he just admit that he lost, admit that his political career is over (much like his financial management career, I hear) and go away?
What is it with NC-03 candidates? Between McLaughlin and Weber, we must be the laughing stock of all the nation!

December 17th, 2009 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Onslow County Politics, Republicans | Category: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Letters to the Edtor, NC-03, Onslow County Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

Earlier this week (I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday morning) I was bicycling to work and had this flitting thought:
I haven’t heard the names “Joe McLaughlin” or “Delma Collins” in a while. Isn’t that nice?"

And it was, it was very nice…But it wasn’t to last very long. Follow the jump for details.

March 1st, 2009 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Ci ty Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC-03, NC-Sen, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissions, Republicans, Richard Burr, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, Richard Burr, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

Primary 2008 over and all that’s left is to clear the battlefields of the dead and wounded. For North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, that means sweeping away Democrat Marshall Adame and Republican Joe McLaughlin.
Craig Weber defeated Marshall Adame by nearly 30,000 votes (or 39% of votes cast).
This was, to me, the most surprising contest of all.
Weber, [...]

May 7th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Marshall Adame (Dem Candidate), NC-03, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

As of 10:48pm and with 23 of 23 precincts reporting in completely, here’s Onslow’s tally:
Board of Commissioners:
Democrats:

Donald Clinger (DEM)

11.04%
3,518

Tony Padgett (DEM)

18.96%
6,044

Tommy Parkhurst (DEM)

12.20%
3,887

William T. Rouse, Jr. (DEM)

13.15%
4,190

Don Sweeting (DEM)

12.81%
4,083

Ernie Wright (DEM)

17.81%
5,678

John Burns (DEM)

14.03%
4,473

31,873

Republicans:

Glenn Camp (REP)

6.25%
1,504

Delma Collins (REP)

7.96%
1,914

Kenny Flanagan (REP)

4.62%
1,111

Barbara Melton Ikner (REP)

11.76%
2,828

W. C. Jarman (REP)

8.46%
2,035

Jeff Jones (REP)

8.02%
1,929

Bill Keller (REP)

8.97%
2,159

Michael M. Lowdermilk (REP)

5.38%
1,294

Lionell Midgett (REP)

8.37%
2,014

Richard L. Ray (REP)

5.98%
1,438

Donald R. Shipley (REP)

3.88%
934

John C. Williams (REP)

3.76%
904

Jack Bright (REP)

8.03%
1,932

Paul Buchanan (REP)

8.56%
2,060

24,056

Board of Education:

Jeff Brown

12.29%
6,151

Margaret E. Brown

17.18%
8,596

Robert B. Gaskins

10.57%
5,292

Jay Hodges

6.59%
3,298

Fred Holt

11.26%
5,633

Curtis [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Delma Collins, Democrats, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Jack Bright, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Lionell Midgett, Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, NC House 15, NC-03, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Politics | Leave a comment

It’s Primary Day in NC!
I’m a proud member of the 8.4% of NC’s registered voters that participated in early voting this year, so I’ll not be standing in lines with the rest of Onslow’s voters today.
If you want information on the candidates, visit the Jacksonville Daily News‘ Election 2008 page. If you want information on [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Delma Collins, Democrats, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Jack Bright, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Lionell Midgett, Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina Democratic Party, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Republican Party, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County Democratic Party, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Onslow County Republican Party, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Republicans, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent) | Comments (2)

Joe McLaughlin isn’t the only candidate in NC-03 making the news today. Marshall Adame was spotlighted by the New Bern Sun Journal for more positive reasons, though.
Says the Sun Journal:
The candidate, Marshall Adame, is a retired Marine who lives in Jacksonville. Adame is running for North Carolina’s 3rd District seat in the House of [...]

February 1st, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC-03, Politics, United States House of Representatives | Leave a comment