Article snippet: Voters have already turned their attention to the 2020 presidential race as a crowded field of Democratic candidates is expected to emerge early next year to take on MORE. But there are still a handful of interesting races in 2019 — many in the South — as well as the growing likelihood that North Carolina will take the unprecedented step of calling a new election in its disputed House race. Here are the five races to watch next year: North Carolina likely headed to House redo North Carolina is on the precipice of making state history as a new House election in the 9th District appears inevitable. Republican MORE leads Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes, but the North Carolina State Board of Elections has refused to certify the results as it investigates widespread claims of absentee ballot fraud in a couple of rural counties. Any new election, whether ordered by the state board of elections or the U.S. House of Representatives, would require staging new primaries, giving Republicans an opening to ditch Harris. The North Carolina General Assembly this month passed a bill that, among other things, grants the board authority to order a new primary. Previously, the board could only call for a general election redo among the same candidates. Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed that bill, citing concerns with a provision about campaign finance. But the state legislature this week voted to override the veto. Still, many of the details are murky regarding the disputed race, inclu... Link to the full article to read more