From Carolina Public Press:
Voters across WNC reveal allegiances in NC Senate GOP primary seen as establishment vs. grassroots
Some WNC locales reach 30 percent, but overall turnout low
Thom Tillis carried the day for Republican primary voters in Western North Carolina Tuesday, despite threats from grassroots challengers bent on forcing the candidate into a runoff election against GOP opponents seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan this fall.
Hagan, who is up for re-election for the first time, coasted in the Democratic contest.
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