Senator Joel Ford emerges as a potential challenger to Richard Burr:
Ford calls himself a pro-business, moderate Democrat. He’s the vice chair of NC Main Street Democrats, a legislative caucus within the General Assembly. And now that he says he’s “entertaining” a bid, he believes he could be in a stronger position to run as a Democrat in a general election than Ross, who’s known for her progressivism.
“Collectively, we have to communicate a message that won’t scare away the base and will appeal to unaffiliated voters,” he said, lamenting the fact that in the past two elections Democrats have lost fellow Democrats and unaffiliated voters to the GOP.
It's one thing to hope that Democrats en masse will hold their (collective) noses and vote for a pro-business Democrat. It's another thing altogether to expect them to ignore the fact said Democrat joined the ranks of Republicans to pass bigoted and extremist religious legislation:
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