This is the first part in a series on the General Assembly races in North Carolina. Some of this information is from our posts on BlueNC, but the information is presented here for a national audience.
North Carolina may have only recently become a blue state on the national level, but on the State level things have been Carolina Blue for a long time. Unlike most states in the south, both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly are blue. In the State House, Democrats hold a 68-52 majority, and in the State Senate Democrats hold a 30-20 majority and the Lt. Governor's deciding vote.
Everything is on the table this year as the NCGOP (and outside groups like Americans for Prosperity) have stepped up their historically weak efforts to take the General Assembly.
If the Republicans win, they will control redistricting, giving them a chance to redraw NC's 8 Democratic Congressional Districts. Even more importantly, they will slash the state budget at a time when North Carolinians need jobs most.
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