VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER In a primary in which many incumbents won easily, state Rep. Nick Mackey lost his bid for a second term. Challenger Rodney Moore defeated Mackey 62 percent to 38 percent. The vote came one day after the N.C. Board suspended Mackey’s license. Read more about that here: VIA QCITYMETRO.COM Considering Mackey’s tenacity […]

VIA QCITYMETRO.COM Less than 24 hours before the primary, the N.C State Bar suspended state Rep. Nick Mackey’s law license for three years. The Bar found that Mackey, a Charlotte lawyer, engaged in “acts of dishonesty” and a “pattern of misconduct.” Mackey faces fellow Democrat Rodney Moore in tomorrow’s primary. The Bar’s decision is the […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER State Rep. Nick Mackey is in the news again, and this time he’s beefing with his fellow African American state legislators. According to a story in the Charlotte Observer, State Rep. Beverly Earle accused Mackey of attacking her integrity in a one-page report that tallies missed votes and absences by Mecklenburg legislators. […]