Source: WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 8/15/16

A top leader for House Republicans said Monday he’s leaving the North Carolina General Assembly weeks before the final stretch of his re-election campaign, saying he needs to care for his aging parents and find other work to support himself financially. House Majority Leader Mike Hager, R-Rutherford, said he was resigning effective today. Hager was facing an unaffiliated candidate — no Democratic nominee — in the strongly Republican 112th District. 

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