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John Hood: Hunt’s pragmatism served North Carolina well

Rocky Mount Telegram 25 Dec 2025
North Carolina is one of America’s most contested electoral battlegrounds. It has been for generations. It is also home to one of the most successful state Democratic parties in American history ....
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John Hood: Some factions harmful to conservative cause

Reflector 23 Dec 2025
Why do you keep criticizing leaders and institutions on the right? Why can’t you focus all your fire on the left? Why can’t the right form a united front? Why can’t we all just get along? ... .
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John Hood: Hunt’s pragmatism served our state well

Winston-Salem Journal 23 Dec 2025
RALEIGH — North Carolina is one of America’s most contested electoral battlegrounds. It has been for generations. It is also home to one of the most successful state Democratic parties in American history ... .
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John Hood: DG Martin was a class act in all walks of his life

Rocky Mount Telegram 20 Dec 2025
In 1984, the first year I was eligible to vote, North Carolina had 11 congressional districts. Most were hotly contested by the majority-party Democrats and up-and-coming Republicans. (Yes, it was a different era.) ....
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John Hood: What American conservatism cannot be

News & Record 19 Dec 2025
RALEIGH — Why do you keep criticizing leaders and institutions on the right? Why can’t you focus all your fire on the left? Why can’t the right form a united front? Why can’t we all just get along? ... .
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John Hood: Why D.G. Martin was a class act in so many ways

Winston-Salem Journal 16 Dec 2025
RALEIGH — In 1984, the first year I was eligible to vote, North Carolina had 11 congressional districts. Most were hotly contested by the majority-party Democrats and up-and-coming Republicans. (Yes, it was a different era.) ... .
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John Hood: D.G. Martin was a class act in many ways

News & Record 16 Dec 2025
RALEIGH — In 1984, the first year I was eligible to vote, North Carolina had 11 congressional districts. Most were hotly contested by the majority-party Democrats and up-and-coming Republicans. (Yes, it was a different era.) ... .
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John Hood: Independent audits serve the public interest

Rocky Mount Telegram 13 Dec 2025
During my first reporting job in the nation’s capital, I read a lot of fantasy. No, I wasn’t goofing off. And no, I’m not making a lame joke at the expense of politicians, bureaucrats or The Washington Post. Not today, ....
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John Hood: Cherish the economic freedom of North Carolina

Daily Advance 11 Dec 2025
North Carolina isn’t quite First in Freedom. But over the past decade and a half, we’ve taken tremendous strides in the right direction ... .
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John Hood: Why we should cherish our free state of North Carolina

News & Record 09 Dec 2025
RALEIGH — North Carolina isn’t quite First in Freedom. But over the past decade and a half, we’ve taken tremendous strides in the right direction ... .
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John Hood: End corporate tax to keep reforms on track

Reflector 06 Dec 2025
North Carolina has one of the best-performing economies in the country. We also have one of the country’s most competitive tax codes. That’s no coincidence. Tax reform has served our state well ... .
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John Hood: Liberating nurse practitioners won’t harm patients

Rocky Mount Telegram 04 Dec 2025
Given our state’s population growth and ever-rising cost of medical services, North Carolina ought to be a leader in health care innovation. Alas, we are a laggard ....
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John Hood: Liberating NC nurses wouldn't harm patients

News & Record 02 Dec 2025
RALEIGH — Given our state’s population growth and ever-rising cost of medical services, North Carolina ought to be a leader in health care innovation. Alas, we are a laggard ... .
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John Hood: Even the biggest tent still needs sidewalls

Reflector 29 Nov 2025
Having spent most of my career building, financing and leading conservative institutions — in North Carolina and around the country — I’ve learned many critical lessons, often the hard way. One of them is that if you truly want to ... .
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