Source: Anne Blythe, NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/5/17


Republican state lawmakers who have seen the courts overturn key provisions of their agenda to shift North Carolina to the political right have decided to cancel the coming primary elections for all judicial candidates. Rep. David Lewis, the Harnett County Republican who brought the proposal to his colleagues in the House, said he considered the election changes necessary to provide candidates time to study proposed new election districts. 

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