N.C. Democrats dealing with an election year mass exodus

WILMINGTON (By Gareth McGrath, StarNewsOnline.com) — At the Grammys, Oscars and other annual award shows, there’s always a clip showing which big industry stars have departed over the previous year. Forgive voters, especially Democrats, if they feel like they need to watch one of those “dearly departed” clips when they go to the polls in May and November. Because the story this year might not be who is running for elected office, but who isn't. As candidate filing season starts on Monday, seven Democratic state senators have already left or announced that this will be their last year in office.