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Jul 27 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Vocal Charlotte city council Republican @FinTechInnov8r spent over a year recruiting this GOP slate, all of them have gotten crushed. Bokhari's race for the D6 seat is itself razor-thin: he's behind @hand4CLTdist6 by just 87 votes. #cltcc
That's it! @FinTechInnov8r has hung on (barely) to his District 6 seat on the #cltcc, by just 377 votes.

Truly a remarkable feat of political survivorship. Bokhari won his 2019 race by ~3300 votes.

The rest of the Charlotte GOP slate crashes and burns.
Between Durham and now Charlotte, this year has not been great for organized GOP candidate slates.
Greensboro - another organized slate of Republican candidates. All soundly defeated.

Metro voters sure haven't shown much enthusiasm for GOP leadership. #ncpol
Cary - both Republicans running for town council last night were defeated.

There's a pattern here. #ncpol

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