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orth Carolina Democrat Larry Kissell represents the state’s 8th Congressional district, one of the more closely-watched swing districts. He was one of 17 Democrats who voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress. And now, according to the Charlotte Observer, Kissell will join Republicans in voting to repeal Obamacare.

Raleigh, N.C. – Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell is clinging to a slim one point lead in the race for North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District according to a new SurveyUSA poll released today by the Civitas Institute. According to the poll of 450 registered voters in that district, 46 percent said they would vote for Kissell if the election for United States House of Representatives were today. Forty-five percent of voters said they would vote for Harold Johnson, and nine percent said they are undecided. When looking at those who are most likely to vote in 2010, Johnson takes the lead...

<p>FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The National Rifle Association has endorsed North Carolina Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell in his first re-election bid.</p>

The polling war in North Carolina's 8th district continued Wednesday with a new survey from Republican Harold Johnson's campaign showing the former sportscaster down just 5 points to freshman Rep. Larry Kissell (D). Johnson's poll, which was in the field Aug. 29-30, showed Kissell with 39 percent to Johnson's 34 percent, with the remaining 27 percent either undecided or favoring Libertarian Thomas Hill. The survey had a 4.9 point margin of error. The poll of 400 likely 8th district voters was conducted for Johnson by the GOP firm Public Opinion Strategies. The results paint a very different picture of the...

Harold Johnson has picked up the support of most of the voters who chose one of the also rans in the 8th District Republican primary for Congress, and as a result he's now opened up a 49-39 lead over Tim D'Annunzio with a week to go until the runoff election. Among people who reported voting for Hal Jordan or Lou Huddleston last month Johnson holds a 60-28 advantage. Johnson is also holding onto 93% of the voters who chose him in the primary while just 80% of D'Annunzio's original supporters are still with him. Whoever wins the nomination will have...

A new survey by Public Policy Polling shows Republican Harold Johnson would give Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell a stronger challenge in the fall than Tim D'Annunzio. Kissell leads both Republicans in hypothetical match-ups, but leads D'Annunzio by a much wider margin. The poll also showed Kissell with "a steep decline" in his approval numbers since January. Johnson and D'Annunzio face off in a Tuesday runoff. Tom Jensen, a spokesman for the Democratic-leaning firm from Raleigh, said D'Annunzio has been hurt by critical stories since the May 4 primary, including criticism from GOP officials. In th poll, 39 percent said their...

Placed a call to Larry's office. He is doing a teleconference only. They are taking your name, number and address and will be sending a personal invite/password etc. The nice lady on the phone asked me if there are any specific topics that I would like to have discussed, and I shared with her that there are too many to list. If you are in this district, make sure you sign up.

Democrat Holds Out Hope in North Carolina By TIM WHITMIRE AP CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 9) - There are still 1,492 provisional ballots to be counted in the undecided race for the 8th District U.S. House seat between Robin Hayes and Larry Kissell, state elections officials said Thursday. Democratic challenger Kissell expressed optimism that he would be able to make up a 465-vote deficit in the unofficial count. "I am confident that once all these votes are counted that we will be victorious," Kissell said in a statement Thursday, adding that local lawyers and national election specialists were assisting his campaign...