- The State Board of Elections unanimously voted to keep Republican candidate Joseph Gibson III on the ballot for a North Carolina House district despite local GOP leaders attempting to disqualify him.
- Gibson, an ex-felon, faces allegations of involvement in posting white supremacist content and simulcasting his podcast on the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement Network.
- Rockingham Republicans sought to disqualify Gibson based on his felony convictions, but the State Board of Elections ruled in his favor, emphasizing that he met the qualifications to run. Gibson claimed Republicans turned against him due to his opposition to local casinos. READ MORE