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North Carolina Primary

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Today, Democrats “duke it out” for the honor of taking on Senator Jesse Helms in November. The Democratic rivals are Harvey Gantt, an African American former Mayor of Charlotte who lost to Helms in 1990, and Charles Sanders, a pharmaceutical executive who believes he’s the only one who can beat Helms.

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