Positive COVID Test, Alleged Sexting Scandal Roil Important NC Senate Race
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A covid-19 diagnosis, texts suggesting infidelity roil pivotal N.C. Senate raceOn Thursday night, Sen. Thom Tillis (R) and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham bumped elbows at their final debate in the contentious North Carolina race that could determine which party controls the Senate.
Not 24 hours later, both candidates’ lives — and possibly the fate of the upper chamber — were upended, as Tillis tested positive for the novel coronavirus and Cunningham acknowledged sending illicit texts to a woman who is not his wife.
Now, both men are in their homes, one self-isolating and the other dodging reporters asking about those...
From the Center
Scandal Upends Final Weeks of Pivotal North Carolina Senate RaceA personal scandal has reshaped the pivotal Senate contest in North Carolina, as Republicans ramp up their criticism of Democratic candidate Cal Cunningham and Democrats try to manage the fallout in a race that had been leaning his way.
Mr. Cunningham, who is married, apologized for the flirtatious and sexually suggestive text messages he exchanged with a public-relations strategist soon after they emerged last week.
The strategist, Arlene Guzman Todd, said this week in a statement to the Associated Press that her relationship with Mr. Cunningham “spanned several months and...
From the Right
Combat Veteran Husband of Cal Cunningham’s Mistress Calls for North Carolina Senate Hopeful to Drop OutThe wounded warrior husband of Cal Cunningham’s mistress has called for the North Carolina Senate hopeful to drop out of the race, after the revelation that his wife had an affair with the candidate, according to a report.
Army veteran Jeremy Todd, who served in the Army for 19 years and injured his spine during a paratrooper training jump at Fort Bragg, called for Cunningham to exit the race after his public relations executive wife, Arlene Guzman Todd, admitted to having an affair with Cunningham, who is also an Army...
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