RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state Rep. Ben Moss won’t run for labor commissioner next year after all, saying on Wednesday that he’ll seek reelection to the General Assembly instead.
Moss, a Republican from Richmond County, announced his bid for commissioner last December. But he’s withdrawing, saying his time now “is best spent focusing on being present with my family and continuing my service” to House district constituents. Moss is in his second two-year term in the House.
Announced candidates for commissioner include six-term state Rep. Jon Hardister, a Guilford County Republican and the majority whip, and Charlotte city council member and mayor pro-tem Braxton Winston, a Democrat.
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore has confirmed that his record fifth two-year term presiding over the chamber will be his last.
One of North Carolina’s most powerful legislators is expressing optimism that further expansion of state-sanctioned gambling will be worked out before legislators leave for home later this summer.
House Republicans in North Carolina are pitching an overhaul of public education laws in the final days of the session that would take power away from superintendents and the State Board of Education while giving parents more control.
A North Carolina state budget is already late, so that’s giving Democrats at the General Assembly fodder to criticize their Republican colleagues for failing to complete a deal. 2024 gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Josh Stein joined House Democrats at a news conference Wednesday to thro
Current GOP Commissioner Josh Dobson announced last year that he wouldn’t seek a second four-year term. Formal candidate filing begins this coming December, with any primaries scheduled for March 2024.
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