District 9: From Cornelius to the coast, 13 eye U.S. House seat

ELIZABETHTOWN — The race for succession to Rep. Robert Pittenger representing North Carolina’s 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives includes 13 candidates. Ten Republicans will vie May 14 in a primary. If a second primary is needed, it happens Sept. 10; if not, that date becomes the general election. The general election is Nov. 5 if a second primary is needed. Candidates for the Democratic Party, Green Party and Libertarian Party do not have a primary. It’s early, and either a Facebook page or true campaign website is not up for each. On the other side of that slow start is Democrat Dan McCready, who began raising money at the end of 2018 in anticipation the election would need to be held again. In February, the state Board of Elections did in fact rule that incidents happening last year tainted confidence in the outcome. Some of the candidates do not live inside the district; the law does not require a member of Congress to live inside the district boundaries. The following is a sampling of information on the candidates, who are listed in the same order as the state board lists them, using names as they will appear on the ballot: • Candidate: Dan McCready. • Party, residence: Democrat from Charlotte. • Notable: Appeared to lose this race in November by 905 votes to the Rev. Mark Harris, a Baptist preacher from Charlotte. His campaign raised more than $6.6 million in 2018. By late January, another half-million was in the coffers with a new election yet to be ordered. From his website, “Dan sees politicians who are so concerned with partisan games, they’ve forgotten who they are supposed to serve. They put party before country, special interests before working families, and divisiveness before solutions. North Carolina’s families deserve better.” • Candidate: Stevie Rivenbark Hull. • Party, residence: Republican from Fayetteville. • Notable:

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