Source: ROLL CALL, 9/12/19


Though Republicans tried to downplay the importance of an off-year special House election in North Carolina, President Donald Trump certainly thought differently. Why else would he have held an election eve rally alongside Dan Bishop, the GOP nominee in the state’s 9th District? And if that was not enough to belie the seeming lack of official party interest, Vice President Mike Pence also managed a North Carolina campaign trip the same day. It paid off Tuesday, as Election Day turnout gave Bishop a 2-point win over Democrat Dan McCready.  

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