Source: Brian Murphy, NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/16/19


Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, whose Greensboro-area district was redrawn into a heavily Democratic seat, will not run for office in 2020, but is “moving toward” a U.S. Senate bid in 2022, he told McClatchy on Monday.The filing deadline in North Carolina is Dec. 20. After North Carolina state lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional districts last month, Walker considered running in a several different districts in the western part of the state, all of which would have created a contested primary against a sitting Republican representative.

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