GOP Rep. Richard Hudson is projected to win North Carolina's 8th Congressional District against Democrat Patricia Timmons-Goodson
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Four-term Rep. Richard Hudson is projected to keep his seat in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District despite a challenge by Democrat Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Insider and Decision Desk HQ can report.
Hudson is the former president of Cabarrus Marketing Group, a marketing and consultation firm that was dissolved following his run for Congress. Hudson was first elected to his position in 2012, where he defeated incumbent Larry Kissell by 7.8 percentage points and has won all subsequent
In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Timmons-Goodson to become the US District Judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, but her nomination was never approved and expired at the end of the 114th Congress in January 2017.
Timmons-Goodson's campaign platform revolves around expanding Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, racial equality in the justice system and schools, and investing in rural communities. Her campaign was recently endorsed by the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.A recent internal poll of the race conducted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is backing Timmons-Goodson, found her leading Hudson by 3 points, 45% to 42%.
While North Carolina's previous 13-district map had 10 districts that favored Republicans and three that favored Democrats, the new map contains eight districts that favor Republicans and five that favor Democrats.
In the 2016 presidential election, the district under its current lines voted for President Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in a 56-41% split, according to Daily Kos.
The race between Hudson and Timmons-Goodson was rated as "tilts Republican" by Inside Elections and "leans Republican" by the Cook Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for
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