Surveys conducted in August say the governor leads by 6 to 13 points, according to FiveThirtyEight.

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For several hundred thousand North Carolinians, fear of the coronavirus means Election Day is just a week or so away instead of Nov. 3. background-color: #f4f4f4; The signs of North Carolina’s battleground status in the 2020 elections are prolific: • The Republican National Convention was held last week, albeit on a COVID-limited basis, in Charlotte. } .race_footer { The polling and fundraising suggest that Republican Forest has much ground to make up in less than 70 days if he wants to defeat incumbent Democrat Cooper. indicateScroll(); width: 35px !important; A survey conducted in July had Hudson up, 42 to 40. “And this congressional district — how we do in this district — is going to determine whether Donald Trump wins North Carolina. The North Carolina State Senate is one of 86 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2020. } padding-bottom: 3px; While politics was never a goal, over the past several years, he realized that our information infrastructures are at risk and our current representatives struggle to understand how technology is used to keep our systems safe. background-color: grey;

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Timmons-Goodson has done online events and appeared at public events such as a recent mask donation event by the NAACP in Fayetteville, a rally for the Postal Service in Sanford and a prayer vigil for George Floyd in Cabarrus County.

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