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===NC-2nd district (open seat)===
 
===NC-2nd district (open seat)===
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Republican [[George Holding]] is retiring.
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Republican [[George Holding]] is retiring,<ref>[https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article238110579.html Raleigh Republican George Holding won’t run for re-election to Congress in 2020]</ref> with the reason largely attributed to a redistricting case that moved the seat from representing a [[Republican]] stronghold<ref>[https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/north-carolina/ The Atlas Of Redistricting]</ref> into a highly liberal area.<ref>[https://www.ncleg.gov/Files/GIS/Plans_Main/Congress_2019/HB1029%203rd%20Edition%20-%2019x36_Map.pdf HB1029 3rd Edition - 19x36_Map.pdf]</ref>
    
====NC-2 Democrat primary====
 
====NC-2 Democrat primary====
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[[Deborah Ross]] won the [[Democrat]] primary held on March 3, 2020, garnering 70% of the vote.<ref name="2020 North Carolina Primary Results"/>
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[[Deborah Ross]] won the [[Democrat]] primary held on March 3, 2020, garnering 70% of the vote.<ref name="2020 North Carolina Primary Results"/> Ross is a [[leftist]] who previously worked for the [[ACLU]], using her position as a lawyer there to argue for providing leniency for a teenager convicted of the brutal rape of a neighbor.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/deborah-ross-called-leniency-assailant-heinous-rape-case/ Deborah Ross Called for Leniency for Assailant in ‘Heinous’ Rape Case] '''(Warning: Graphic descriptions)'''</ref> She also fought to ban [[Christmas]] songs from an elementary school.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/deborah-ross-wanted-christmas-songs-banned-elementary-school/ Deborah Ross Wanted Christmas Songs Banned From Elementary School]</ref> Having unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 to challenge [[RINO]] [[Richard Burr]], she then held a fundraiser with a lawyer who represented a [[Taliban]] terrorist.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/north-carolina-democrat-fundraise-lawyer-taliban-terrorist/ North Carolina Democrat to Fundraise With Lawyer for Taliban Terrorist]</ref>
    
====NC-4 Republican primary====
 
====NC-4 Republican primary====
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