The longtime Senate Democratic leader who lost his leadership position this session is going his own way, voting with Republicans on four key bills and keeping unofficial power. Sen. Dan Blue is now ...

Dan Blue, a groundbreaking figure in North Carolina politics across more than 40 years, will no longer serve as leader of state Senate Democrats after over a decade and is being replaced by another ...

(The Center Square) – Minority in both chambers again for the next two-year session of the North Carolina General Assembly, Democrats have chosen as chamber leaders Sen. Sydney Batch to succeed Sen.

Democrats in the North Carolina Senate elected a new leader on Monday to replace Sen. Dan Blue, a veteran legislator who led the caucus for more than a decade. Senate Democrats chose Sydney Batch, a ...

Democrats in the state Senate might not have the votes to stop legislation, but their new leader wants to make sure their objections are heard loud and clear. After a decade of being led by longtime ...

But if the expected count held, Batch would have won. Instead, on the day the caucus would have voted, Blue bowed out. Sen. Dan Blue, a Raleigh Democrat and former longtime Senate Democratic leader, ...