This felt like a Pyrrhic victory for the GOP like GA-06 and OH-12, they won, but had to spend a lot of money on this on a district they barely won on that may be redistricted to be more Dem friendly for 2020 depending on how long the upcoming congressional lawsuit lasts and may not want to spend any more money besides Bishops' own.
It will definitely not stem the amount of retirements that House GOP will do since they won't feel confident even with this result.
Since Bishop has to step down from his state senate seat, the GOP must recommend candidates for appointment to Roy Cooper within a week. That seat may very well go more Dem friendly with the redistricting with McCready winning his seat 53.6-44.7 in while Bishop won his seat 52.9-47.1 in 2018. Unofficially tonight, McCready won his seat by maybe 2-3 points more considering he won Mecklenburg county from 9.5% to 12.6%
It will definitely not stem the amount of retirements that House GOP will do since they won't feel confident even with this result.
Since Bishop has to step down from his state senate seat, the GOP must recommend candidates for appointment to Roy Cooper within a week. That seat may very well go more Dem friendly with the redistricting with McCready winning his seat 53.6-44.7 in while Bishop won his seat 52.9-47.1 in 2018. Unofficially tonight, McCready won his seat by maybe 2-3 points more considering he won Mecklenburg county from 9.5% to 12.6%