Source:  Patrick Gannon, WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 5/30/11

The Republicans are coming! The Republicans are coming!
 

At least 1,200 conservatives from across the state will converge on the downtown Wilmington this weekend for the 2011 N.C. GOP State Convention, believed to be the party's first statewide convention ever held in the Port City.

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