Source: ROLL CALL, 9/7/17


Purplish-red North Carolina is hard to figure out. That may be why national eyes tend to watch local, state and federal races for clues of political trends, particularly whether or not the Donald Trump phenomenon is fading. Or perhaps it’s just the state’s unpredictability and the entertainment value of its outsize personalities who make news, even when they wish they had not.
Take the long-shot candidate in Charlotte’s upcoming mayoral primary.

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