Von Haefen faces seven-term incumbent Republican Nelson Dollar as the Democrats try to break the Republican supermajority in the state legislature. A popular local weatherman in the state’s Appalachian Mountains with no experience in politics threw himself into a race to unseat a four-term GOP member of the state House. “It’s a terrible thing,” Dhar said of the partisan imbalance in the state legislature. Roy Cooper is leading a Democratic effort this year to break the Republican supermajority in the state legislature. Searcy faces incumbent Republican Tamara Barringer as the Democrats try to break the Republican supermajority in the state legislature.

Source: Washington Post September 11, 2018 09:56 UTC