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ROCKINGHAM — Congressman Richard Hudson defeated three challengers in Tuesday’s Republican primary election for the 9th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Records from the North Carolina Board of Elections show Hudson carried more than 70% of every county in the newly drawn district, which now comprises Scotland, Hoke, Lee, Chatham and Randolph counties in addition to northwest Cumberland, western Harnett and a sliver of eastern Richmond.
Four Concord police officers, including the late Officer Jason Shuping, were awarded the Medal of Valor by President Joe Biden on Monday in Washington, D.C.
NASCAR stars Jeff Gordon and Kyle Larson took a moment from the preparations for the upcoming Coca-Cola 600 race to pay tribute to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Gordon and Larson paid a visit to Arlington National Cemetery and placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A number of conservative issues were front and center at Monday's political luncheon which featured talks by Congressional representative Richard Hudson.
Hudson, along with public officials, candidates, and dozens of concerned citizens made the trip to Asheboro's The Table Restaurant for the luncheon put on by the Faith and Freedom Coalition. a North Carolina-based political action group.
Congressman Richard Hudson spent time last week meeting constituents in Lee and surrounding counties, talking about a variety of topics from the newly drawn Congressional districts to inflation and the war in the Ukraine.
After addressing Lee County Republicans at their headquarters on Steele Street April 22, Hudson stopped by The Sanford Herald to talk about a variety of topics.
PITTSBORO — U.S. Representative Richard Hudson Jr. came to Pittsboro last Wednesday while campaigning to be reelected for his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Hudson — a registered Republican representing the 8th district — is seeking North Carolina’s 9th congressional district seat after the 2020 census required the state to redraw its electoral districts and maps. Four of the counties Hudson represents moved into the 9th district, which now includes Chatham.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and a survivor of the 2019 Saugus High School shooting were among those attending a White House event Monday at which President Joe Biden announced regulations to rein in "ghost guns" amid what the administration called a 10-fold increase in law enforcement seizures of the virtually untraceable firearms.
With the national Renaming Commission releasing its short list of alternative names for military installations commemorating Confederate soldiers, readers are weighing in.
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act mandates renaming Department of Defense property named for individuals who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
The national Naming Commission, which is tasked by Congress to oversee the process, released its list of 87 potential names last month.
With inflation high and many Americans concerned about COVID-19, a Democratic congressional candidate in North Carolina says a Republican incumbent isn’t doing enough to ease the burden of medical costs.
State Sen. Ben Clark, D-Hoke, is running in the state’s newly-drawn 9th Congressional District, where he’ll face Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson if both win their primaries. The district, which leans Republican, is located in south-central North Carolina near Fayetteville.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told House Republicans she does not believe the United States should lay out what it's not willing to do in terms of retaliation against Russia for its unprovoked attack on Ukraine while addressing members at their annual retreat Thursday.
Rice’s comments come as Russia continues its aggression on Ukraine despite the U.S. and allied countries imposing a slew of sanctions and have sent weapons and aid as the war hits its one-month mark.