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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gary Robertson

North Carolina senator loses reelection by 23 votes against county sheriff in massive upset

North Carolina’s political landscape has been dramatically reshaped following the concession of Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, the state’s most influential politician, in his primary race.

Berger, a long-standing conservative architect, conceded to Sam Page on Tuesday, an outcome that will likely end his preeminence and shake the power structure in the ninth-largest state.

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