Voters are casting primary ballots to choose November candidates for the state Supreme Court, in 11 of the state’s 13 U.S. House districts and in a handful of local races. The Democratic side is a two-person race between David Hurst and Ernest Reeves. U.S. Reps. Renee Ellmers and George Holding are going head to head in the 2nd GOP primary.
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The two ended up pitted against each other after federal judges in February struck down two North Carolina congressional district boundaries as illegal racial gerrymanders. She represented less than 20 percent of the newly drawn suburban Raleigh district, while Holding (despite living just outside the new district) had previously represented almost 60 percent of it. Holding has served as representative of the 13th District since 2013. Holding, however, previously represented nearly 60 percent of the new 2nd District, even though his home is just outside its current boundaries.
Renee Ellmers went out with a bang Tuesday when she mocked the weight of a party activist who didn’t support her re-election campaign during a stop at a polling place.
In a recent debate, he noted her position on illegal immigration: “We had an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants”.
Susan B. Anthony List also had people knock on more than 12,000 doors to knock Ellmers out of office.
Later in the forum, Ellmers responded: “Is that not what we are doing?”
Many scholars predicted the shift in ideological makeup of the NC congressional delegation as a result of redistricting in April, as illustrated by Ellmers’ loss. “Is a pedophile not a prioritized criminal to begin with?” That changed Tuesday – if only because two incumbents ran against each other for a North Carolina seat.
Congressional leaders had planned for weeks to bring up a bill to ban abortions after 20-weeks on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
First elected in the 2010 GOP wave and seen as a rising Tea Party star, Ellmers rose up the leadership ranks in Washington and became an ally of then-Speaker John Boehner.
The Club for Growth is the biggest spender in the district so far, with their political action committee dumping over $700,000 against Ellmers on TV and digital ads calling her “part of the problem in Washington”. Her campaign used a recording of the endorsement in a final get-out-the-vote effort on Monday.
Yes, she voted for a budget deal that raised spending caps. But they held different views on who leaned on the tactic most. A retention election would have asked voters whether they wished to keep or replace Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds without him facing any opposition.
A significant portion of Charlotte also was in the old 12th, so Adams, first elected in 2014, does have a short history of representing constituents there.
Republican Congresswoman Renee Ellmers made the quip Tuesday in a parking lot.
The newly-drawn 2nd Congressional seat shifted north and east.
Turnout for today’s voting is expected to be light. He said, though he is personally opposed to abortion, he believes it should be legally available – but hopes women will use contraception instead.
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