THIS WEEK.
WE BEGIN OUR IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE TO THE US CONGRESS OUR 2020 COMMITMENT COVERAGE GIVES VOTERS A CHANCE TO HEAR
FROM THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES DIRECTLY BILL O’NEIL JOINS US NOW WITH A PREVIEW OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS GOING TO DOMINATE EVERYTHING YOU SEE.
THE HERE THE SELECTION BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY RACE THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON T FUTURE OF NORTH CAROLINA AFTER A DECADE OF REPUBLICANS CONTROLLING NORTH CAROLINA’S LEGISLATURE AND
SETTING THE AGENDA DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING BACK.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE AS DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATE THE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE IN A MAJORITY IN THE SENATE NOW WE’RE WORKING.
VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT MAJORITY AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL BE THE CASE COME ELECTION DAY.
NEVER GRANT YOU NEED TO WENT FIVE SEATS IN NORTH CAROLINA SENATE TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THAT CHAMBER IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY A LOT OF THE INTEREST IN THE THE SENATE AND THE SENATE
MAJORITY WILL ACTUALLY CENTER ON THE TRIAD THERE A COUPLE OF RACES IN THE TRIAD THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THOSE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT RACES INCLUDE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT
JOYCE CHRONIC VERSUS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER TERRY LE GRAND FOR THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT DAVEY AND FORSYTHE COUNTIES DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT LITTLE GARRETT VERSUS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER SEBASTIAN
KING IN GUILFORD COUNTY AND REPUBLICAN.
AMY GAILY VERSUS DEMOCRAT JD WOOTEN FOR AN OPEN SEAT REPRESENTING ALAMANCE AND GUILFORD COUNTY’S THE MOTION PASSES CONTROL OF THE SENATE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR ONE KEY
REASON SAYS UNCG POLITICAL SCIENTIST DAVID WHOLE IAN THEY WANT A SEAT AT THE TABLE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
HOLY AND SAYS, WE’RE LAWMAKERS WILL DRAW NEW VOTING DISTRICTS BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS IF DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL OVER AT LEAST ONE CHAMBER IN THE LEGISLATURE.
THEY WOULD JOIN REPUBLICANS AT THE MAP MAKING TABLE CREATING LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL VOTING DISTRICTS OF THE NEXT DECADE ALL OF A SUDDEN DEMOCRATS ARE AT THE TABLE FOR
REDISTRICTING AND IT WON’T BE A UNIFIED GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WILL MAKE THE DECISION.
IN FACT, IT WILL PROBABLY ASSUMING THAT THE TWO SIDES CAN’T COMPROMISE ON A MAP.
WELL, THE MASS WILL END UP IN FEDERAL COURT POLITICAL LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES SAY THERE ARE OTHER GOOD REASONS FOR VOTERS TO CAST A BALLOT AND DETERMINE WHETHER REPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS
CONTROL THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE DONE MEDICAID EXPANSION A LONG TIME HAVE NOT TREATED OUR SCHOOLS
FAIRLY.
SO PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD ALL WEAR.
OF WHERE WE’VE BECOME AS A STATE, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED BACKWARDS NOT FORWARDS.
WE WERE RANKED 44TH.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN VARIOUS SURVEYS ON COMPETITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT WHERE NOW RANKED RIGHT AT THE TOP 10 IN THE COUNTRY.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE A DETERIORATION IN BOTH OF THOSE STATISTICS IF DEMOCRATS TAKE OVER THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS NEED TO FLIP SIX SEATS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE TO
WIN BACK.
TROLL OF THAT CHAMBER KEY HOUSE RACES INCLUDE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JOHN HARVESTER VERSUS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER NICOLE QUICK IN GUILFORD COUNTY REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT STEPHEN
ROSS VERSUS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER RICKY HURTADO IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND DEMOCRAT DAN BESSIE VERSUS REPUBLICAN JEFF SINGER FOR AN OPEN SEAT IN FORSYTH COUNTY OUR 2020
COMMITMENT AND COVERAGE INCLUDES ALL OF THESE RACES.
WE’RE ALSO COVERING ALL THE LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL.
RURAL RACES VOTERS IN WINSTON-SALEM MAY BE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT VIRGINIA FOXX WAS NAMED NO LONGER ON THE BALLOT AND IN GREENSBORO VOTERS MAY BE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT MARK
WALKER’S NAME NO LONGER ON THE BALLOT WILL HAVE ALL OF THESE RACES AND IF YOU MISS THEM ON TV, YOU CAN ALWAYS CATCH HIM ON WXII12