In a first test of the political terrain ahead of an uncertain 2020 race, voters in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District head to the polls Tuesday to settle a battle between Democrat Dan McCready and Republican Dan Bishop in a closely watched, do-over special election -- the final undecided contest
The toss-up race, in a Republican stronghold that voted for President Donald Trump by 12 points in 2016, is the result of election fraud by a Republican operative hired by 2018 GOP candidate Mark Harris. Despite Harris narrowly defeating McCready, the North Carolina State Board of Elections threw out the results and ordered a new contest after a months-long investigation. With Harris bowing out, Bishop took up the mantle for Republicans.
For the GOP, the costly, competitive race is seen by some as a must-win after the resounding rebuke of their agenda and Democrats' 40-seat gain in 2018. A Republican loss"reinforces the dynamics coming out of the 2018 election that Republicans are increasingly struggling in urban and suburban districts," Eric Heberlig, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, told ABC News last month."It's a message that ... districts that have traditionally been theirs, and they still should have the advantage in, are still breaking against them, and similar districts going into 2020 are at severe risk.
"Dan is a rock solid conservative," he said to one caller while making calls for Bishop at a makeshift call center inside a Courtyard by Marriott outside Charlotte."He is the right Dan."But Trump isn’t the only 2020 candidate wading into the race.
He’s also a proven fundraiser, having raised $6.7 million for his 2018 race. This year, McCready continues to widen the fundraising gap between him and his Republican rival, raking in nearly $415,000 in just the last couple weeks, compared to about $106,000 raised by Bishop. He’s raised a total of $5.4 million so far this year, compared to Bishop’s $2.1 million.
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