by Christopher Cooper
What does North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis' retirement announcement tell us about the politics of swing states? I took a stab at answering that question in this piece for Politico Magazine.
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Dr. Christopher Cooper is the Madison Distinguished Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs and Director of the Haire Institute for Public Policy at Western Carolina University. His most recent book is Anatomy of a Purple State: A North Carolina Politics Primer.
