Source: Jim Morrill, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/16/20


National Democrats have added a North Carolina congressional district long held by Republicans to their list of 2020 targets. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Thursday that it has added the 8th District to its “offensive battlefield” in an effort to expand its House majority. “North Carolina’s redrawn congressional map puts the state’s 8th Congressional District squarely in play, forcing incumbent Republican Rep. Richard Hudson into the first competitive general election of his career,” the DCCC said in a memo.

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