NC State Senator Dan Bishop (R) celebrates his victory in NC’s 9th Congressional district race – 9/10/19. The race was widely viewed as a 2020 bellwether. Screen grab via his Twitter page.
Republican State Senator Dan Bishop has been declared by multiple media outlets to be the winner of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional district race against Democrat Dan McCready.
As of this writing, Bishop is ahead by about 4,000 votes with all but two precincts reporting. Via Politico:
McCready has not yet conceded.
In advance of today’s contest, the race had been widely portrayed as a bellwether race for 2020 by the mainstream media and Democratic political analysts.
Here’s a roundup of Twitter news/commentary/reactions on the race from pollsters, Democrats, Republicans, journalists, etc:
BREAKING: AP CALLS #NC09 FOR @JDanBishop
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) September 11, 2019
If Democrats want to understand how they lost to Trump despite gaining tons of ground in places like Charlotte & the Triangle, they need to visit Robeson County, NC right away.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 11, 2019
WE DID IT #NC09!!!! Thank you North Carolina!!!
pic.twitter.com/hMohQZGl4w
— Dan Bishop (@jdanbishop) September 11, 2019
Bishop calls on D’s in US House to approve more funding to build the border wall w/ Mexico #ncpol #nc09
— Nick Ochsner (@NickOchsnerWBTV) September 11, 2019
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