北卡罗来纳州的共和党众议员和候选人处境艰难，受其本党重划选区的努力以及民主党参议员候选人罗伊·库珀在该州强劲表现的拖累。
Republican House members and candidates in North Carolina are hurting, dragged down by their party’s redistricting efforts and by Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper’s strong showing in the state.
随着大部分选票完成统计，共和党众议员格雷格·墨菲、蒂姆·摩尔、帕特·哈里根、大卫·鲁泽、马克·哈里斯和弗吉尼亚·福克斯均落后或陷入极其胶着的竞争。领导众议院共和党竞选机构的众议员理查德·哈德森也落后于其民主党挑战者。
Reps. Greg Murphy, Tim Moore, Pat Harrigan, David Rouzer, Mark Harris and Virginia Foxx were all trailing or had very slim races with the majority of votes counted. Rep. Richard Hudson, who leads House Republicans’ campaign arm, is trailing behind his Democratic challenger.
除了在该州西部第11选区失利和在东部第1选区陷入苦战之外，共和党还面临上述麻烦。共和党曾重新绘制选区地图，试图击败第1选区的民主党众议员唐·戴维斯。
Those troubles for Republicans come in addition to the party’s loss in the 11th District in the western part of the state and struggle in the 1st District in the eastern part of the state. Republicans had redrawn the map to try to defeat Democratic Rep. Don Davis in the 1st District.