David Wasserman: “If you had told me yesterday McCready would carry Mecklenberg County — Bishop’s base in Charlotte suburbs — by 12.6% after winning it by just 9.5% in 2018, I would’ve bet he’d win.”
“But his poor showing among rural Trump Dems (yes, they’re a real constituency) cost Dems a pickup.”
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