Source: Simone Pathe, ROLL CALL, 8/13/19

 Dan McCready is used to this. “Y’all know this isn’t an easy race for a Democrat,” the candidate for North Carolina’s 9th District said, swatting away an army of gnats swarming attendees at a fish fry Friday night. Having been on the campaign trail for two years, McCready has met many of these people before. He doesn’t look twice at the opposition tracker filming him from across the street, and he’s even perfected a line about just how long this campaign has been.

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