Could the congressional district that launched the careers of Madison Cawthorn and Mark Meadows be Democrats' best hope to pick up a seat in 2026? The math is daunting but some think it's not out of the question, as I explained in this piece in The Assembly.
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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.
