Trump will travel to the district Sept. 9, the night before the special election, for a rally in NC

[riversedge]

I hope NC DEMS are pounding the streets to GOTV!!








Trump, GOP fret loss in bellwether House special election

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/28/trump-gop-north-carolina-election-1476636

By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and ALEX ISENSTADT

08/28/2019 05:05 AM EDT


At a retreat with top GOP donors in Wyoming last week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy broached a growing concern for senior Republicans: a crucial, do-over election for a North Carolina congressional seat.

McCarthy has traveled to the state to help the Republican candidate, state Sen. Dan Bishop, and has pushed his rank-and-file lawmakers to lend a hand. And as he chatted up contributors, he warned that next month’s vote is critical: Following a devastating 2018 election that demolished the House GOP majority, a win in the nationally-watched race would give the party a badly-needed morale boost.

Republicans are funneling resources into the southern North Carolina district as they try to stave off an embarrassing loss in a GOP-heavy seat that President Donald Trump won in 2016 by more than 11 percentage points. With private polling showing a close race between Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready, Trump will travel to the district on Sept. 9, the night before the special election, for a rally in Fayetteville, N.C. And the White House is also planning to deploy Vice President Mike Pence and the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., before the election.



The GOP appeared to have held the seat narrowly last November, but Republican Mark Harris’ apparent 905-vote victory over McCready was thrown out by the state board of elections, which found evidence that a Harris consultant had committed ballot fraud........................







President Donald Trump speaks at his July rally in North Carolina. Republicans are funneling resources into a southern North Carolina district as they try to stave off an embarrassing loss where Trump won in 2016. s

[Maru Kitteh]

1. Wow. He's being forced to fight for FAYETTEVILLE?

That's a very good sign for this country. We may have a bit of hope yet.

[blm]

2. Part of the district is in Mecklenburg county whose Dem party

has one of the best GOTV machines. That is why I always urge DUers in safe blue states to donate to Dem party GOTV efforts in swing states like N.C.

https://www.meckdem.org

[Funtatlaguy]

3. I'd love to see some of our high profile Dems go there too.

[karynnj]

4. I suspect local Democrats would have contacted any Democrat who they thought, on balance, would help

I saw BLM's post that there is at least one area where Democrats have a good GOTV. Given that, sending most high profile Democrats might hurt more than help if they also bring out the Republicans in the district. If there is a Democrat (s) who is highly respected among Democrats, they could be asked to record GOTV robo calls that could be sent to targeted voters.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Let's see, it's NCarolina. Is Michael Jordan a Democrat?

[karynnj]

6. Now THAT is a pretty interesting idea!

Articles suggest that while he has donated money to Democrats, he keeps his politics private.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Coach Roy Williams at UNC or Coach K at Duke?