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With Republicans “dragging our state backwards,” says Attorney General Josh Stein, the 2024 election is setting up to be a crucial test for Democrats hoping to fend off an extremist legislature and an opportunity to win North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for the first time since 2008.
The incumbent Democratic senator is facing an inexperienced candidate beset by stumbles and scandals yet one who’s also Georgia football royalty and has Trump’s stamp of approval. As one strategist put it, “Those MAGA Republicans are going to look at him and go, ‘He’s for our tribe.’”