Jeff Jackson was elected to attorney general in North Carolina the same year that President Trump won the state for the third time. Supporters see lessons for Democrats in Mr. Jackson’s rise.

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The suspect’s father said he was seeking a transfer from the Army base in Georgia, where he had complained of racism.

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The Charleston-area congresswoman was once a moderate Republican, but has more recently presented herself as a loyal supporter of President Trump.

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The divided state’s new Democratic governor vetoed 14 bills this session, on guns, immigration, trans rights and more. Republicans are trying to enact them all anyway.

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