NC-SEN 2020: Tar Heel Tillis

[Galeel]

I get that liberals don't like Tillis, but he's still much more likely to win, especially with the absolute s**t quality candidates up against him. Erica Smith is pretty hard left (and no, please don't compare Stacey Abrams to her because they are completely different) and Cal Cunningham is just...bad. I don't like Tillis very much, but Trump will carry NC and this seat is Tilt R, closer to Lean R than Tilt D.

Candidate quality is mostly irrelevant. NC-Senate will go to whichever party wins NC-Pres.

[Galeel]

Nate Silver (and various others) speculating that Burr could resign in light of the fact that he sold >$500k in stock before the Coronavirus hit the U.S.; this would trigger a special election in November 2020.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1240813540795191296

Couldn't a Democratic placeholder just say they're switching parties and then get appointed?

IDK the specifics of North Carolina law, but I think in other states with this rule the state party of the resigning senator provides a short list of candidates, who the governor chooses between.