NC's new legislature districts upend races
RALEIGH — Added redistricting, retirements and open seats in North Carolina’s General Assembly led to primary election victories Tuesday by candidates distinct from the state capital’s power brokers.The otherwise sleepy races picking major-party candidates for most of the legislature’s 170 seats were juiced by competition caused by mid-decade redistricting. Federal judges ordered district maps redrawn after deciding Republican legislators illegally designed voting districts […]
