North Carolina: Ex-commissioner landed big donations from people with stakes in Two Kings Casino

Thursday, December 15, 2022 3:02 PM
  • Payton Guion and Lars Dolder , The Charlotte Observer

Evidence of financial benefits reaped by Cleveland County officials supportive of the Two Kings Casino project keeps growing.

The latest: In his last political campaign, a 2018 bid to keep his seat on the Cleveland County Commission, Eddie Holbrook raised comparatively huge sums of money, mostly from people that he later had business ties with related to the casino.

In each of the first three quarters of 2018, Holbrook raised more money than his competitors did over the entire year, campaign finance records show.