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Accusations Fly In Messy NC-13 GOP Primary

GOP primary candidates Hines and Daughtry show no restraint as they attack each other

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the GOP primary in NC-13 only continues to heat up as candidates Bo Hines and Kelly Daughtry pull no punches in this inter-party fracas. Local press has chronicled the messy race, and it’s clear that no matter who makes it through this primary, they’ll be entering the general election with plenty of baggage.

Read more about the chaos from The North State Journal and WNCN:

The North State Journal: 13th Congressional District: Hines’ ambition meets crowded field
By Matt Mercer
May 4, 2022

  • “Ahead of the May 17 primary, many of the candidates have avoided candidate forums.”

  • “Hines, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has not attended any of the candidate forums dating back to January.”

  • “[Hines’] move from running for a western North Carolina seat to one bisected by Interstate 95 also drew the ire of local conservative groups, who took out ads ahead of the April 9 rally in Selma saying they couldn’t support Hines.”

  • “The Hines and Daughtry campaigns are sniping at one another in recent television advertising.”

  • “An ad from Daughtry accuses Hines of becoming an aspiring career politician, noting he hasn’t worked a full-time job before running for office. Club for Growth Action, which has spent heavily on Hines’ behalf, responded by accusing Daughtry of supporting Democratic judges for office.”

WCNC: Fact check: Should donations to Democrats from Republican Daughtry matter?
By Joedy McCreary
May 4, 2022

  • “One new campaign ad attacks GOP Congressional candidate Kelly Daughtry for [giving money to a Democrat] in a previous election cycle.”

  • “The narrator in the ad from Club for Growth Action says Daughtry ‘supported a Democrat for the North Carolina Supreme Court when Republicans were fighting to take back the court.’”

  • “Club for Growth has endorsed Daughtry’s opponent, political newcomer Bo Hines, and so has former President Donald Trump. PAC spokesman Joe Kildea did not respond to a request by CBS 17 News to discuss the ad.”

  • “We also reached out to Daughtry’s campaign for comment, but spokesman Luke Stancil declined an interview request.”

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