2024 election

Politics & Government

Another Republican enters North Carolina's campaign for governor, preparing to spend millions

4:38pm October 18, 2023

A veteran North Carolina trial lawyer has entered the Republican primary campaign for governor, pledging to spend millions in personal funds toward a race that's already full of fellow Republicans

Left to right: Rosalie Bablak, 86; David Reckless, 88; John Fuller, 81 at Passavant Community Abundant Life Center in Zelienople, Pa., on Sep. 21, 2023.

We spoke to older voters about Trump and Biden's age. We saw 3 recurring themes

10:51am October 10, 2023

In the next presidential election, voters might choose between the oldest would-be president ever, and the second oldest. NPR talked with seniors about electing a president their age.

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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein

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Stein kicks off 'NC Strong' tour for North Carolina governor, with Cooper as special guest

9:58am October 10, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein is holding his most public campaign event to date, nine months after the Democrat entered the race.

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North Carolina retiree group sues to block 30-day voter residency requirement

4:35pm October 04, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina laws requiring citizens to reside in the state and within a precinct at least 30 days before an election date to be eligible to vote are unlawful and must be blocked, a union-affilia

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Rapid City, S.D., on Sept. 8.

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5 things to know about the 14th Amendment effort to block Trump from the presidency

5:00am September 25, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Some legal scholars and activists say an obscure provision of the Constitution, dating back to just after the Civil War, should disqualify Donald Trump from a second White House term.

Carl Day is a pastor at Culture Changing Christians in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.

Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in on the 2024 election

4:15pm September 20, 2023

by Kai McNamee

Carl Day joined NPR to weigh in on the Biden campaign in 2020. We caught up with him to hear what he's thinking heading into 2024.

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Visitors look upon the White House as the US flag flies at half mast following a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee last March.

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For young Americans, politics breaks the American dream instead of building it

5:01am September 14, 2023

by Elena Moore

Gen Z and millennial voters should dominate the electorate in coming years. A new poll from the Sine Institute, exclusively obtained by NPR, shows how 18-34 year old Americans feel about the future.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall-style event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College on June 6, Manchester, N.H.

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Bucking his party, Chris Christie makes his case for 2024

1:51pm September 08, 2023

Christie is still a Republican – after all, he's running for that party's presidential nomination. But his views on Ukraine, abortion and other issues put him out of step with many in the party.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Md.

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See how Trump's trials crowd the Republican political calendar

11:11am September 02, 2023

by Benjamin Swasey

To see the extent to which the Republican political calendar and Donald Trump's legal calendar are intertwined, it's helpful to see them laid out together.

Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives for a press conference in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia on Aug. 31, 2023 in Steinhatchee, Fla.

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Biden is touring Hurricane Idalia damage. But DeSantis doesn't have plans to meet him

11:13pm September 01, 2023

President Biden had said he would meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis during a tour of hurricane damage on Saturday. But on Friday night, the governor's office threw cold water on the idea.