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GOP split clouds McIntyre race
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP May 13, 2010 05:02pm |
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Author | CHARLES HOSKINSON |
News Date | Thursday, May 13, 2010 01:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Two unsuccessful Republican candidates in North Carolina have turned their guns on the primary election winner, endangering the party’s hopes of defeating longtime Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-N.C.) in November.
Will Breazeale, the second-place finisher and 2008 nominee against McIntyre, who told POLITICO on Wednesday he would do what he can to keep Pantano from winning the seat. He said the third-place finsher, Randy Crow, would join him at a news conference Tuesday in Wilmington, N.C., to discuss their plans.
“We’re going to work against him,” Breazeale — also an Iraq veteran — said. “If the Republicans don’t like it, they can kick me out.”
Pantano, who served in the Marines during the Gulf War and later became a Wall Street trader for Goldman Sachs, rejoined the Corps after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. On April 15, 2004, while serving in Iraq, Pantano shot two Iraqis who had been detained by his unit. He was charged with murder, but the charges were dropped after an investigation found that the shooting was justified. |
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