NC 2016 Gubernatorial Discussion Thread

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Will Anthony Foxx run for governor or for senate or neither according to you Miles?

Cooper is already the best possible candidate and will have years worth of fundraising ahead of any other challenger. No way any high-profile NC Dem runs for Governor and not Senate.

I suppose it's good that Cooper is going after McCrory- it funnels strong Ds into the Senate race.

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Very.

He's one the Democrat's best recruits.

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What about the other down ballot statewide offices in 2016 ?

Do you see the NC Dems running the table or do you see status quo like we've seen in 2012?

The trouble with the NC dems is that they're very poorly organized- they aren't able to capitalize on the GA's awfulness very well because of that. It thus depends entirely on the candidates.

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National Journal says McCrory is the  most vulnerable GOP governor.

Well, it's not like there's much competition.

Even if they changed the qualifier to "Most vunerable governor", the only one that might be more competitive than North Carolina is Montana (Bullock seems pretty tough) and maybe New Hampshire.

Doesn't Hassan have a pretty high approval rating? It is New Hampshire, but still, that has to count for something.