Dan McCready Coverage

Did Trump lift pair of NC congressmen to victory?

After his impeachment acquittal last week, President Donald Trump reminded Republicans of his importance to their success. He said: "We just won two seats in North Carolina ... that were not supposed to be won."

Fact check: Trump says 2 North Carolina Republicans were underdogs

After his impeachment acquittal last week, President Donald Trump reminded Republicans of his importance to their success. He said: "We just won two seats in North Carolina ... that were not supposed to be won."

Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter

Did Democratic congressional candidate support open borders, sanctuary cities?

President Donald Trump said Dan McCready, the Democratic candidate for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District seat, backed open borders and sanctuary cities because of McCready's support for the DREAM Act and sheriffs choosing not to cooperate with federal immigration agents.

In wake of fraud scandal, voting by mail dropped by two-thirds in 9th District

The use of mail-in absentee ballots - the voting method at the heart of an election fraud scandal that triggered the do-over election in the 9th Congressional District - fell by more than two-thirds across the district, according to the latest data from the State Board of Elections.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter

Dan McCready concedes 9th District race

Democrat Dan McCready speaks to supporters after conceding the 9th Congressional District special election.

GOP holds two US House seats in special elections

Republicans held onto two U.S. House seats in special elections Tuesday.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Do-over 9th District election ends same - with GOP win

Republican Dan Bishop outlasted Democrat Dan McCready in a special election in the 9th Congressional District that was needed because of ballot fraud in last fall's race.

Trump rally boosts GOP candidate on eve of 9th District election

With voters in southern Cumberland County headed to the polls Tuesday for a special congressional election, President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Fayetteville on Monday to boost the Republican candidate.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

McCready campaigns in Fayetteville

Democrat Dan McCready makes a final get-out-the-vote push in Fayetteville the day before a special election in the 9th Congressional District.

Trump to return to NC for 9th District rally

President Donald Trump's rally will support Republican Dan Bishop, who is running against Democrat Dan McCready in the 9th Congressional District.

UNC FactCheck: Breaking down immigration claims in the District 9 race

By Matthew Langston and Tyler Musialowski, UNC-CH Media Hub

D.G. MARTIN: If not for 321 votes, you might not be reading this column

Friday, March 8, 2019 -- In the beginning, before email, my wife and I would address and stamp each envelope, stuff the column copies, and get them in the mail so they would arrive at the papers by Monday morning. Maybe all that hassle explains why there were so few statewide columns back then.

Fifth person arrested in absentee ballot fraud case

Four people have been arrested this week in connection to voting irregularities in Bladen County.

3 arrested on obstruction of justice charges in 9th District probe

Three people have been arrested in connection to the irregularities in the 2018 9th Congressional District election. They were charged with conspiracy to commit felonious obstruction of justice and possession of an absentee ballot.

Candidate filing opens for 9th District seat

Filing opens Monday in the 9th Congressional District race.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Mark Harris not running in new 9th District election

Citing ill health, Republican Mark Harris said Tuesday that he won't run in a new election for the 9th Congressional District seat.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

ALAN BLINDER & MICHAEL WINES: GOP cries against voter fraud go mostly quiet after scheme tied to party

Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 -- Republicans have railed against the threat of voter fraud. Some have made unproven claims about how rampant it has become to pass voter ID laws and open sweeping investigations to protect sanctity of the vote at all costs. But when a hard-fought 9th Congressional District election was overturned because of election fraud by a Republican operative, the party was measured, and largely muted, in its response.

Filling 9th District seat will take a while

Candidate filing, federal requirements for military and overseas voters and early voting for primaries, possible runoffs and a general election all add up to the 9th Congressional District seat will remain vacant for some time.

Dan McCready quickly back on campaign trail in 9th District

Democrat Dan McCready wasted no time restarting his campaign after a new election was ordered in the 9th Congressional District.

Dan McCready jumps back into 9th District race

Democrat Dan McCready wasted no time restarting his campaign after a new election was ordered in the 9th Congressional District.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Democrat discusses new 9th District election

Democrat Dan McCready discusses the new election in the 9th Congressional District.

Mark Harris lawyer: It was time to listen

David Freedman, Mark Harris lawyer, says the Republican congressional candidate could no longer fight mounting evidence that a campaign worker committed ballot fraud in the 9th District election.

Mark Harris discounts son's opinion of McCrae Dowless: 'He had never been to Bladen County'

Republican Mark Harris says the opinions of Bladen County politicos outweighed his son's concerns when it came to hiring operative McCrae Dowless for an absentee ballot operation in the county.

Lots of spending on McCrae Dowless with little explanation

Mark Harris says he didn't know his congressional campaign paid Bladen County political operative McCrae Dowless as much as it did or that that there was practically no documentation given to campaign consultant Red Dome Group to support the expenses.

State investigation 'a setup'

Bladen County political operative McCrae Dowless told Republican Mark Harris that a state investigation into absentee ballots cast in the 9th Congressional District election was politically motivated.