Cooper has emerged as a strong contender for Kamala Harris's running mate, with a history of electoral success and experience engaging a diverse voter base in a battleground state.
Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for his replacement and promised to share more details about his decision in an address to the nation later this week.
In a major legal victory for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Cannon, T'03, ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith was named to his position unconstitutionally and dismissed the case in its entirety.
The Chronicle spoke with three experts from Duke’s public policy and political science departments to gain their insight into the rising trend of political violence, what could change for the upcoming presidential election and how campus culture may shift in response.
In The Chronicle's next Presidential Preview, we look at the economy: Trump has long been a proponent of tax cuts and reduced government spending, though this strategy was ineffective at reducing the national debt during his first term. Biden has spearheaded massive investments across the American economy, but his tenure has also been mired by inflation.
In The Chronicle's third Presidential Preview, we look at abortion: Biden and Trump both have a somewhat ambiguous political history on the issue, though Biden now stands staunchly in favor of codifying the right while Trump leans toward leaving the decision up to the states.
Biden attempted to assuage Democrats' concerns about his disappointing debate performance with an energetic address to supporters in Raleigh.
Republican state lawmakers overrode a slew of recent vetoes from Gov. Roy Cooper, sending three controversial bills into law near the end of the state's 2024 legislative session.
In The Chronicle's second Presidential Preview, we look at the Israel-Hamas war: Trump and Biden have both displayed allegiances to Israel during their respective first terms, while N.C. voters remain polarized and may look to third-party candidates.
In The Chronicle's first Presidential Preview, we look at foreign policy: Trump and Biden show sharply divergent plans and records, while N.C. voters consider the issue important but not polarizing.
Deliberations for the trial began Wednesday, making it the only of Trump's four pending criminal cases likely to reach a verdict in advance of the November election.
The primary races were prolonged due to runoff elections. Under state law, a second-place candidate can request a runoff if no candidate in the primary wins more than 30% of the vote.
The event, which took place on the first day of Black Maternal Health Week, featured testimonials from women who have been personally affected by increasingly strict abortion bans across the country.
The University's latest student voter engagement report, which analyzed voting trends from 2020, reveals a mixed landscape of above-average participation in national elections alongside gaps in data regarding student demographics and local voting habits.
Stein, who faces Republican Mark Robinson in the upcoming election, highlighted his policies on education, housing reform, gun violence, economic growth and voting rights.
North Carolina was one of 15 states to hold its primary on Super Tuesday, a day with the most concurrent primary elections and over a third of available delegates for Republican and Democratic nominations at stake. Municipal, state and federal races were all on Durham’s ballot.
The polls closed at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and with 99.32% precincts reporting, here is how the votes tallied up for North Carolina’s statewide candidates, as well as candidates running for local Durham offices with all county precincts reporting:
With primary elections underway, Duke student groups and research teams are working to inform and address the obstacles college students face at the polls, including provisional ballots and voter ID laws.
Trump’s address focused primarily on securing the U.S. border with Mexico to prevent “migrant crime,” vehemently criticizing President Joseph Biden’s policies during his first term and preventing what he called a “rigged election” in 2020 from recurring in 2024.
North Carolina and 14 other states will hold primary elections Tuesday, a critical day in which 36% of Republican delegates are at stake. A High Point University poll released Friday showed that former president Donald Trump is leading the Republican presidential primary race with 69% of the vote, while Haley trails behind at 24%.
