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Today’s Agenda: Cut Through The Ninth District Spin

MONROE, NC - SEPTEMBER 10: North Carolina 9th District Republican candidate Dan Bishop celebrates with supporters after being announced as the winner of his race defeating Democratic candidate Dan McCready during an ... MONROE, NC - SEPTEMBER 10: North Carolina 9th District Republican candidate Dan Bishop celebrates with supporters after being announced as the winner of his race defeating Democratic candidate Dan McCready during an election night party on September 10, 2019 in Monroe, North Carolina. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Kate Riga, Nicole Lafond and Caitlin Mac Neal

September 11, 2019 8:22 a.m.

It’s Wednesday, September 11. Republican Dan Bishop won by a hair in the special election in North Carolina’s ninth district, where President Donald Trump won handily in 2016. Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching.

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