Senate

A new poll shows incumbent Richard Burr leads potential Democratic challengers in the race for US Senate next year. But pollsters also say he is in about the same position Elizabeth Dole was before she lost to Kay Hagan. Full story...

Senator Richard Burr continues to get heat for telling his wife to take money out of the bank at the height of last year's banking crisis. So far no one has challenged the Republican senator, but in a recent poll of nearly a thousand voters across the state, Congressman Mike McIntyre is just five points behind Burr in a hypothetical senate race. Full story...

There are more financial troubles for state Senator Julia Boseman. Two more properties that she owns are in foreclosure. Full story...