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POLITICO MAGAZINE: Cooper launches 'Break the Majority' to attack gerrymandering

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 -- A high-dollar effort in North Carolina to stem a GOP tide is getting national attention.

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POLITICO MAGAZINE: Roy Cooper interview
Roy Cooper launches a high-dollar campaign aimed at wresting the stranglehold Republicans have on North Carolina government. It is an effort that other Democrats around the nation, looking to gain ground lost over the last few years, are closely watching. “Until I get some leverage in the General Assembly, I can’t get the things done in education, in economic development. I can’t do as much to stop this social conservative legislation that makes us embarrassed as a state, and doesn’t truly reflect who we are as North Carolinians,” Cooper told POLITICO’s Off Message podcast. “And it’s time for that to stop.” Listen to, and read, the full story in POLITICO magazine.
-- From Seth Effron, Capitol Broadcasting opinion editor

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