Asheville mayor Terry Bellamy is forgoing reelction to run against McHenry in CD10.
Bellamy will win the Asheville chunk of the district easily, but there are lot of boxes to check elsewhere in the district. Barring a major anti-incumbent wave or scandal, McHenry is still a wide favorite.
Its simply disgusting what Republicans did to Asheville. There is absolutely no non-political reason or precendence for what they did. All of Buncombe county has always been in the district with the Smokey Mountains.
That statement is about as meaningful as 'Will County, Illinois, population ~680k, has never been split into 6 congressional districts'.
Yet there it is.
Yes, krazen, we know you think two wrongs make a right. You've made that abundantly clear over the years. Run along now.
