Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“In unofficial results with all precincts reporting, just two votes separate the leader of the North Carolina Senate, Phil Berger, and his challenger in the Republican primary election, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page,” the Raleigh News and Observer reports.
Playbook: “Berger is by some measures considered the most powerful man in North Carolina.”
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