The change follows months of controversy over a seat on the commission left vacant by current North Carolina Sen. Chris Measmer. The county faced a lawsuit after voting to appoint the Cabarrus GOP’s pick to the seat and struggled to appoint a replacement after a judge barred her from taking office.

The spate of individuals and organizations attempting to intervene in the DOJ lawsuit fear that this correction process has the potential to disenfranchise voters who fail or are unable to respond to the mailings, or discourage North Carolinians from voting because of the additional hoops it creates.

Sen. Thom Tillis’ decision not to seek reelection is jolting what was already expected to be a fierce battle for his seat, which will now be wide open in 2026.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday announced he will not seek reelection to the Senate next year, firing a political shock wave into the midterm cycle after he said he would oppose President

N.C., announced he will not run for re-election a day after he was one of two GOP senators who voted no on a motion to proceed on the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on Tillis' viewpoint of the budget bill and working in Congress.

Filing is set to begin for hopefuls in municipal elections around the Triad. Guilford County announced on Tuesday that municipal candidates can file for the race in

They say the proposals will shift hundreds of millions of dollars annually, adding new costs to the state that could be in the hundreds of millions.

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Sunday he will not seek reelection next year, an abrupt announcement that came one day after he staked out his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package because of its reductions to health care programs.

Tillis made the surprise announcement one day after he opposed a massive bill for Trump's agenda in the Senate.