Source: Paul Specht, WRAL, 5/18/22


On paper, Bo Hines had no business winning the Republican primary in North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. The 26-year-old faced former U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers and Kelly Daughtry, whose father was a longtime state legislator. Other candidates, including runner-up businessman DeVan Barbour, had deeper ties to the area than Hines, who moved there only after launching his campaign. And yet it’s Hines, who has limited professional and political experience, who will represent the GOP in North Carolina’s most competitive congressional district.

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