Source: Brian Murphy, NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/16/19


Raleigh businessman Garland Tucker has poured more than $1.2 million of his own money into a bid to oust incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina’s GOP primary. The big investment from the prominent business leader turned political newcomer has gotten the attention of Tillis and his campaign. Now Tillis is firing back, marking an escalation in the fight for the Republican nomination less than six months before GOP voters will decide among Tillis, Tucker and Ayden farmer Sandy Smith.

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