Republican operative accused of election fraud in North Carolina to face federal charges
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. is accused of ballot fraud in a 2018 House race in North Carolina.
By Associated Press - April 22, 2020Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. is accused of ballot fraud in a 2018 House race in North Carolina.
By Associated Press - April 22, 2020Democrat Dan McCready narrowly lost a North Carolina special election almost a year after Republican cheating marred the 2018 election.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 11, 2019Trump praised Dan Bishop using virtually the same language he’s used for almost every other candidate he’s backed.
By Josh Israel - September 09, 2019Trump promised to go to North Carolina and stump for state Sen. Dan Bishop, a far-right Republican with ties to white supremacy.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 23, 2019North Carolina Republican Dan Bishop’s investment in Gab is causing concern among others in his party.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 13, 2019Dan Bishop, the GOP nominee in a North Carolina special election, compared discriminating against LGBTQ people to Oscar Schindler’s heroic saving of Jews during the Holocaust.
By Emily Singer - July 09, 2019The GOP nominee in the upcoming North Carolina special election supports the Alabama anti-abortion law that forces rape and incest victims to give birth.
By Emily Singer - May 30, 2019Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop authored the anti-transgender ‘bathroom bill’ that embarrassed North Carolina and cost millions in lost business.
By Emily Singer - May 15, 2019Things just got a lot worse for the North Carolina Republicans who tried to steal a House seat in the Tar Heel State.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2019Republicans got caught trying to steal an election in North Carolina, but now they’re blaming Democrats for the mess they created — and they’re trying to raise money off it.
By Oliver Willis - March 11, 2019McCrae Dowless, the operative hired by North Carolina Republican nominee Mark Harris, was indicted on seven separate counts related to election fraud.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 27, 2019Even in the face of clear evidence of election fraud in North Carolina, Republicans have been mostly silent. Except, that is, when they can try to use the misdeeds of their candidate, Mark Harris, to somehow blame Democrats.
By Lisa Needham - February 26, 2019Republicans in North Carolina tried to steal an election through massive election fraud, and Trump’s response was a conspiracy theory-laden rant full of lies.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 22, 2019Republican Mark Harris acknowledged the election he ‘won’ is tainted by election fraud — and now North Carolina will be holding a new election.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 21, 2019Republican Mark Harris is implicated in widespread election fraud in North Carolina, but the state party thinks he should be rewarded with a seat in Congress anyway.
By Lisa Needham - December 18, 2018What did Republican nominee Mark Harris know, and when did he know it?
By Dan Desai Martin - December 14, 2018The feds are investigating whether Republicans cheated to win a seat in Congress.
By Oliver Willis - December 10, 2018Republicans have nothing to say about evidence that shows one of their nominees benefited from election fraud.
By Oliver Willis - December 05, 2018In an on-camera interview, a woman admitted to taking part in an election fraud scheme to benefit Republican Mark Harris’ campaign.
By Oliver Willis - December 04, 2018Republican Mark Harris, running for Congress in North Carolina, has a long history of spreading hate and intolerance.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 05, 2018Does Mark Harris view women as being equal to men?
By Eric Boehlert - August 08, 2018Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris is facing heat for once suggesting that women who pursue careers are undermining ‘biblical womanhood.’
By Eric Boehlert - July 13, 2018After Tuesday’s primary, the conditions are ripe for Dan McCready to win North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
By Matthew Chapman - May 09, 2018