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Nearly two weeks after U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell bucked his party and voted against health care legislation, June Mabry's phone line is still burning up with calls from angry Democrats.

The motion of the ocean aside, here's a quick guide to some Democratic House members that Republicans believe are genuinely vulnerable in a year when President Obama isn't on the ballot.

After an intense three-month campaign for the votes of North Carolina's House members, players in the health care debate including business, labor and the administration are now likely to focus their full attention on Sen.

By Chris Hayes While many North Carolina voters were heading to the ballot box on November 3 to elect new local government officials, a select group of N.C. House and Senate Finance committee members met in Raleigh to discuss ways of overhauling the state's tax code.

Congressman Larry Kissella s campaign has already put more than $400,000 in the bank as it gears up to face the pick of the litter from an expanded field of Republicans squaring off in the May primary for a spot on the November 2010 ballot.

Inside a warmly decorated dining room about six miles from Capitol Hill one evening this week, the hostess of a $500-a-person cocktail party praised U.S. Rep.

By Chris Hayes Two veteran North Carolina lawmakers in recent weeks have announced their decision to not run for re-election in 2010.

Bill Hefner, a former 12-term Democratic congressman from North Carolina, Southern Baptist gospel singer and radio station owner, died of a of a brain aneurysm Wednesday.

Larry Kissell greets the crowd at a town hall meeting Friday evening at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Wadesboro.

A North Carolina businessman has launched a campaign to unseat first-term Democratic Rep.

A North Carolina businessman has launched a campaign to unseat first-term Democratic Rep.

Michael Bennet has never had to run for election before, which has a lot of folks worried as he mounts up for a 2010 "re-election" bid for his U.S. Senate seat.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge said Wednesday he is giving some thought to running against Republican Sen.

Federal authorities investigating former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley have asked officials at the university where his wife worked to turn over records on her.

Former Republican Rep. Robin Hayes of North Carolina says he will not try to regain his seat in Congress.

State auditors could be making another round of appearances at the federal courthouse this week as a grand jury meets in Raleigh in the continuing investigation of former Gov.

Genetically modified tobacco is being developed to fight cancer. In a remarkable turnaround, scientists believe they can use the plant - which kills some four million people world-wide each year - to produce a vaccine against cervical cancer.

Genetically modified tobacco is being developed to fight cancer. In a remarkable turnaround, scientists believe they can use the plant - which kills some four million people world-wide each year - to produce a vaccine against cervical cancer.

Facing what could be a tough string of mid-term elections in 2010, Democrats are ramping up efforts to target weak Republican incumbents.

Nine of North Carolina's 13-member congressional delegation have voted against a $700 billion emergency package for the country's financial sector.