Republican leaders in North Carolina see their star rising under the next Donald Trump administration.
Trump handpicked former North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley to lead the Republican National Committee in March. Rep. Richard Hudson, in a vote of confidence last week from House Republicans, was chosen to serve a second term as chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Tim Moore, the state’s longest serving Republican House speaker, has been elected to its congressional delegation. And now, Michele Morrow, the unsuccessful GOP nominee for state superintendent, is angling for an education-related role in the incoming Trump administration.
The state that took center stage in Trump’s campaign is seeing some of its top Republicans make room for themselves in key national leadership positions. This, they say, will help stem whatever potential Democrats saw in the state.