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PPP: Wake County Transfer Tax Poll
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 4:20pm

You can see our full poll results here and a commentary from Public Policy Polling President Dean Debnam about what it means for future transfer tax referendums here. Here are partial numbers:

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Perdue, Moore, and state employees
Tom Jensen @
Friday, November 16, 2007 - 4:48pm

There's been a mini controversy brewing about polling, state employees, and the ceaseless Perdue/Moore bloodbath.

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Perdue and Moore's camps could cut down on the negativity
Tom Jensen @
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 6:02pm

Cross posted with other weekly columns here

As printed in the Chapel Hill Herald on Saturday, March 10th:

During the past two months Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue and state Treasurer Richard Moore, both seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor, have been sniping at each other like the election is tomorrow. Problem being that it’s not for another 14 months.

Last month the Moore campaign tried to attack Perdue by dredging up 10-year-old statements she made about the death penalty and criticizing campaign donations she received while still a state senator. Perdue’s camp behaved in an equally petty matter, with her finance chair e-mailing supporters an article in Forbes Magazine that questioned Moore’s campaign contributions.

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Column on Hackney
Tom Jensen @
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 1:33pm

I used my column last weekend to respond to what I felt were some of the unfair comments about Joe Hackney in the weeks after he was nominated for Speaker. Now I hope all this sort of coverage is over and we can move onto the issues.

Permanent Archive here.

As published in the Chapel Hill Herald on Saturday, January 27th:

"Throughout his career in the North Carolina House, Joe Hackney has always been a top-rated legislator. These high rankings are not earned by avoiding tough issues ... they are earned by clear thinking, consulting with all the players ... working in good faith to find winning solutions."

I couldn't have said it better myself. Those were just some of the words of Orange County Rep. Verla Insko in nominating her colleague Joe Hackney to be speaker of the House on Wednesday.

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Live Blogging the House
Tom Jensen @
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 1:10pm

The House just started up. I'll do my best to update. Right now they're running through the names of ALL 120 members of the House. Could be a while.

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Chapel Hill Herald column on this week's poll
Tom Jensen @
Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 8:25pm

Here is my weekly column for the Chapel Hill Herald, which ran today and this week was about the PPP poll that came out on Wednesday.

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It’s hard to believe, but we’re now less than 16 months out from the next key election in North Carolina, the 2008 primary that will decide nominees for governor, Senate, and our share of the delegates in the presidential race. It’s never too early to start breaking down the political landscape.

Raleigh’s Public Policy Polling, which seemed to have the most accurate numbers of any firm in the state for the 2006 election cycle, released a comprehensive poll of the presidential and gubernatorial races this week.

On the Democratic side for governor, Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue has a 12-point lead over Treasurer Richard Moore. This is basically in line with what most polling has shown over the last year.

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