Source: WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 4/17/17

Text of StoryA veteran North Carolina state House member says he won't seek re-election when his latest term expires, saying it's time for someone new to take his seat. Democratic Rep. Larry Bell of Sampson County is now in his ninth two-year term, running through 2018. The 77-year-old retired educator told The Sampson Independent that an "age factor" went into his decision and that he wanted…

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