Hard-hitting television advertisements were a trademark of Helms' campaigns. In the last days of the 1990 race between Helms and former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt, the Helms campaign ran an ad suggesting that whites would lose jobs to blacks becaus
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North Carolina’s voter ID and income tax rate constitutional amendments were thrown out by a Wake County Superior Court judge who said the General Assembly is unconstitutionally elected due to gerrymandering.
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