
Above, 9/9/19, The great Diamond and Silk address crowd at Trump rally for Bishop and Murphy in Fayetteville, North Carolina, screen shot from You Tube video
9/10/19, “North Carolina Special Election Results: Ninth House District,“ NY Times, Matthew Bloch, Jasmine C. Lee


The 9th CD election won by Republican Dan Bishop by 3937 votes was the conclusion of a Nov. 2018 midterm election. Irregularities in the original contest caused it to be scrapped and a new election ordered.
In Nov. 2018 result, only 905 votes separated Democrat McCready and then Republican candidate Mark Harris. Dan Bishop beat nine other Republicans in the May 14 [2019] primary. Mr. Harris did not run. “The biggest spender behind Mr. McCready has been the Environmental Defense Action Fund and its super PAC, EDF Action Votes, spending a combined $586,000, according to a report by Open Secrets.” 8/13/19, Washington Times

Above, 9/10/19, Diamond and Silk on Bishop win: “Told y’all that we saw a Bishop. That’s Dan Bishop
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The 3rd CD won by Republican Dr. Greg Murphy by 27,572 votes was a special election to replace deceased Republican Walter Jones.
9/10/19, “North Carolina Special Election Results: Third House District,” NY Times, Matthew Bloch, Jasmine C. Lee

“North Carolina’s Third Congressional District was left vacant when Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. died in February, prompting a special election between State Representative Greg Murphy, a Republican, and former Mayor Allen Thomas of Greenville, a Democrat. The district, which covers most of the state’s coastline, leans strongly Republican.”…

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Added: Even better news is that to get the Republican nomination Dr. Greg Murphy beat an Establishment Republican candidate in the primary runoff in July 2019, 59.7% to 40.3%:
“Dr. Greg Murphy, the conservative anti-establishment candidate in North Carolina’s third congressional district, crushed the establishment-backed Dr. Joan Perry on his way to winning the GOP nomination for the special election Tuesday night in what amounted to a proxy battle inside the Republican Party.”
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