Here in North Carolina, we go to the polls on May 6 for our primary. Regardless of whether the presidential nomination is secured for one or the other candidate by that point, North Carolina Democrats have two contested statewide primary races: Governor and U.S. Senate.
In the Democratic primary for governor, the candidates are current Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and current State Treasurer Richard Moore. Both have been advertising on television since New Year's Day, and polls have shown that Perdue has a consistent (but not insurmountable) lead over Moore.
I am an attorney in Raleigh, and although I do not personally know either Perdue or Moore, I work with colleagues who know and have worked with both. My law partners are uniformly supporting Beverly Perdue, and I've heard nothing but good things about her from them.
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