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(Carolina Journal) – North Carolina’s 34th Senate District, an R+2 district according to the John Locke Foundation’s Civitas Partisan Index, will be a key battleground and could even flip blue this November, say political observers.
“Republicans should not sleep on Senate District 34 in Cabarrus County,” Andy Jackson, director of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity, told the Carolina Journal. “It is only R+2, and Cabarrus has been trending toward Democrats recently. They also lost their incumbent when Chris Measmer, who was appointed in 2025, lost the primary to former Representative Kevin Crutchfield. This race could be very close.”
Measmer was appointed on April 8, 2025, to take the seat of Sen. Paul Newton, who resigned to accept a position as general counsel with UNC Chapel Hill. After defeating Measmer, Crutchfield will face Democrat April Cook.
Cook has raised her fa...
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