.MTPFirstRead: Tuesday's special election in North Carolina could reveal clues about 2020.
This NC-9 special election between Democrat Dan McCready and Republican Dan Bishop could let us know if the political winds are still blowing in the same direction they were last November, when Democrats ended up flipping 40 House seats and winning control of the chamber.A win by Bishop and the GOP — in a district that President Trump won by 12 points in 2016 — would keep the Republicans’ magic number of winning back the House next year at 18 seats.
Dan McCready, Democratic candidate for North Carolina's 9th District, talks with voters at his campaign office in Elizabethtown Aug. 10, 2019. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via AP Especially in a presidential battleground state like North Carolina, which also will host competitive Senate and gubernatorial contests in 2020.
Overall, Dems have spent $6,845,359 over the TV and radio airwaves, per data from Advertising Analytics, while Republicans have spent $6,551,704.
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