Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

18-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 24

In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point. Meanwhile, the state's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, won reelection by a relatively comfortable 5 points.

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