(The Center Square) – Laurie Buckhout’s bid to be the first Republican in 71 U.S. House elections – dating to the 1882 cycle – to win the northeastern-most congressional district in North Carolina was boosted at a campaign stop Tuesday by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The Louisiana Republican leader said the former Army colonel challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis is pivotal to even more history.
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