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Still burning over Rep. Larry Kissell's health care vote, some Democrats in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District are courting a Charlotte attorney to mount a primary challenge. The courtee is Chris Kouri, a former Ivy League football player who ran for the seat in 2002, upsetting a better known Democrat in the primary before losing to Republican Robin Hayes, Jim Morrill of The Charlotte Observer reports. "I think it’s a legitimate groundswell," said Mecklenburg County Democratic chairman Joel Ford. "Chris Kouri is entertaining it. And I believe that if Chris gets enough grassroots support he’ll run." Kouri, general counsel and...

Posted on Thu, Oct. 31, 2002 Hayes objects; TV station pulls ad Attribution of job-loss statement in dispute; Democrats stand fast DAVID PERLMUTT AND MARK WASHBURN Staff Writers At least one Charlotte television station has rejected an ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee accusing U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes of breaking a promise when he voted for fast-track legislation in December.Hayes' quibble with the ad is a sentence that says he "cast the deciding vote for a trade bill that will cost North Carolina jobs." The ad attributes that contention to the American Textile Manufacturers Institute.An ATMI spokesman said...