(The Center Square) – Needing a lift as polls favor his opponent, Republican Michael Whatley on Tuesday got another breath of tailwind from the White House.
Candidates endorsed by second-term Republican President Donald Trump had strong performances on another primary Election Day. Whatley, bidding to succeed Thom Tillis as a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Senate with a sixth consecutive victory for his party there, has universally trailed popular Democrat Roy Cooper in polls to date.
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