Nearly a year after the two parties fought to a draw in North Carolina’s 9th District, Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready ended with another close race. Bishop prevailed 51 percent to 49 percent, with absentee ballots remaining to be counted. A win is better than a loss (and […] Read more »
What you can — and can’t — expect to learn from the North Carolina special election
On Wednesday morning, one of the major parties is going to be irrationally exuberant and the other will be despondent once the results are in from the special election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. But trying to read the tea leaves is almost always a useless exercise. Historical data […] Read more »
Democrats have a chance in a heavily Trump district in North Carolina
The seemingly never-ending election to represent North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District will (probably) come to a close on Tuesday. … The race looks like it could be close, which could foreshadow bad news for the Republicans in 2020. CONT. Harry Enten, CNN Read more »
The Gerrymandering Fight Moves To The States
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that federal courts would not decide cases on partisan gerrymandering. Now the legal battle has moved to the states. A North Carolina court panel ruled Tuesday that the state’s legislative maps violate the state’s constitution, ordering that they be redrawn within two weeks. In […] Read more »
House Ratings Changes: NC-9 do-over election going down to the wire; MN-7 moves to top tier of GOP targets
Key Points• We’re moving the NC-9 special from Leans Republican to Toss-up with less than a week to go until the election. A confluence of factors makes the race too close and unpredictable for us to call. • We’re also moving the NC-3 special election from Safe Republican to Likely […] Read more »
Trump faces more 2020 danger if Democrat scores upset in N. Carolina special election
The final unresolved House race of 2018 is set to conclude Sept. 10 when Marine Corps veteran Dan McCready, a Democrat, faces off against Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop. And although Democrats already rocketed into the House majority last November, this do-over election means much more for the Republicans, who […] Read more »