Republican Dan Bishop Wins NC's Ninth Congressional District Race That MSM Painted as 2020 Bellwether (Update: CNN Reaction Priceless)

NC State Senator Dan Bishop (R) celebrates his victory in NC's 9th Congressional district race - 9/10/19. The race was widely viewed as a 2020 bellwether. Screen grab via his Twitter page.

Rep. Dan Bishop

NC State Senator Dan Bishop (R) celebrates his victory in NC’s 9th Congressional district race – 9/10/19. The race was widely viewed as a 2020 bellwether. Screen grab via his Twitter page.

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Republican State Senator Dan Bishop has been declared by multiple media outlets to be the winner of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional district race against Democrat Dan McCready:

This celebratory video was posted on Bishop’s Twitter feed moments later:

Trump is, of course, taking a share of the credit. Heh:

As of this writing, Bishop is ahead by about 4,000 votes with all but two precincts reporting. Via Politico:

NC09 results via Politico

McCready has conceded:

In advance of today’s contest, the race had been widely portrayed as a bellwether race for 2020 by the mainstream media and Democratic political analysts. Will be interesting to see how they spin it now that the Republican has won.

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McCready also had a big money advantage over Bishop, but in the end he came up short.

Here’s a roundup of news/commentary/reactions on the race from pollsters, Democrats, Republicans, (disappointed) journalists, etc:

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The “Stacey Abrams won” wing of the Democratic party has some thoughts:

But here’s the reality of what the situation on the ground here has been like:

NC 11th Congressional district Rep. Mark Meadows (R) weighs in:

Bishop is already on it:

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Just a reminder: This race is the last race of the 2018 election cycle. Bishop will have to turn around in a few months and begin campaigning again for the seat for the 2020 election cycle:

Enjoy these next few weeks of no political ads while you can, my fellow North Carolinians. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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โ€” Based in North Carolina, Sister Toldjah is a former liberal and a 15+ year veteran of blogging with an emphasis on media bias, social issues, and the culture wars. Read her Red State archives here. Connect with her on Twitter. โ€“

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