There is more to North Carolina’s special election than Donald Trump

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There is more to North Carolina’s special election than Donald Trump
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In light of the seat’s newfound competitiveness, money has flooded in. One candidate has raised $4.7m

elections in 2018 filled quietly and without notable controversy nearly all of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. The election in North Carolina’s ninth congressional district was an exception. In the ten months since last November’s contest the district has been the focus of several trials for election fraud, a restructuring of the state election supervisory board and the departure of a discredited would-be congressman.

In more normal times Mr Bishop ought to be a shoo-in. Yet with every election seemingly a referendum on President Donald Trump, these are not those times. The tightness of the race is not only a Trump phenomenon, though.-9—which was once as friendly to Republicans as a church picnic on the lawn of a country club to celebrate Barry Goldwater’s birthday—has been becoming steadily more competitive for a decade as its fields and trees have been replaced by suburbs and parking lots.

In light of the seat’s newfound competitiveness, money has flooded in. According to number-crunching by the Centre for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group, Mr McCready has raised $4.7m, whereas Mr Bishop has raised $1.9m. According to political polling, the race remains close.

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