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A brief history of North Carolina's 9th District contested election – in 1898

  • Written by Gideon Cohn-Postar, Graduate Student in History, Northwestern University
Mark Harris, Republican candidate in North Carolina's 9th congressional race.Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, Pool

North Carolina is redoing an election to decide who will represent its 9th Congressional District, after an investigation uncovered evidence of election fraud during the 2018 midterms.

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