Heath Shuler retiring at age 40 to avoid being defeated.
Any Tar Heel Staters or other political junkies out there who can speak to these races, particularly the one involving Keadle?
North Carolina looks discouraging tonight. Establishment hack Richard Hudson defeated TEA Party conservative Scott Keadle by a wide margin and it looks like Robert Pettinger bought the runoff, defeating Charlotte Sheriff Jim Pendergraph. A good sign is Mark Meadows easily winning in Ashville, but I don’t know anything about his opponent.
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/40173/91757/en/summary.html