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Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats hope to flip North Carolina

Cheyenne McNeill
Attorney Allison Riggs, with the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, speaks to the press in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 7, 2022, after presenting her argument before the court in Moore v. Harper. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

The NCGOP won't accept a Democrat's win

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)

Texas GOP aims to "gerrymander" courts

Igor Derysh
People gather near the North Carolina Legislative Building to protest the current stay-at-home orders issued by Gov. Roy Cooper amid the coronavirus outbreak in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

NC protest leader contracted COVID-19

Roger Sollenberger
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North Carolina (Getty Images/ Salon)

GOP overrides veto by "deceptive" means

Matthew Rozsa
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (AP/Gerry Broome)

N.C. Republicans force voter ID law

Igor Derysh
Rick Snyder; Scott Walker (AP/Getty/Salon)

Scott Walker's last-minute power grab

Matthew Rozsa
Rick Snyder; Scott Walker (AP/Getty/Salon)

GOP losers cram through unpopular laws

Igor Derysh
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Donald Trump speaks while attending a briefing after arriving at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to visit areas impacted by Hurricane Florence, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Havelock, N.C. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump asks about golf course at briefing

Rachel Leah
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NC's endless coal ash nightmare

Lauryn Higgins - Salon Young Americans
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School choice, but not for all

Lauryn Higgins - Salon Young Americans
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Charlie May
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Roy Cooper (Reuters/Jonathan Drake)

EMERY P. DALESIO
Roy Cooper (Reuters/Jonathan Drake)

Governor mugged by legislators

Nico Lang
In this photo taken Monday, May 9, 2016 Gov. Pat McCrory makes remarks regarding House Bill 2 during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina governor's race is everything voters anticipated it would be: expensive attack ads and barbed debates before what's essentially a referendum on the state's recent rightward tilt under Republican rule, particularly the state law limiting protections for LGBT people _ known as House Bill 2. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) (AP)

Sophia Tesfaye
North Carolina Gov.-elect Roy Cooper (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

GOP's tar heel turmoil

Sophia Tesfaye
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In this photo taken Wednesday, May 4, 2016 North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, left, make remarks concerning House Bill 2 while speaking during a government affairs conference in Raleigh, N.C. The North Carolina governor's race is everything voters anticipated it would be: expensive attack ads and barbed debates before what's essentially a referendum on the state's recent rightward tilt under Republican rule, particularly the state law limiting protections for LGBT people _ known as House Bill 2. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) (AP)

mccrory concedes

Matthew Rozsa
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory speaks to supporters at an election rally in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. The race between McCrory and Democrat Roy Cooper remains too close to call. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) (AP)

Sophia Tesfaye
Roy Cooper (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Democratic win changes little

Nico Lang
Pat McCrory (AP/Gerry Broome)

The battle for the statehouses

Gary Legum
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