Another Democrat Joines the Fray

One of those previously unthinkable opportunities is to recapture the 5th District of North Carolina, which includes Winston-Salem and other parts of the Piedmont Triad and northwestern mountain counties. It became a Republican seat a dozen years ago, with the election of now-Sen. Richard Burr. Last year, it hosted one of the most competitive primaries in the country, a GOP slugfest eventually won in a runoff by former state Sen. Virginia Foxx.

John Hood