This year, because of two structural components of the election calender, North Carolina will have an election unlike any it has held in twelve years. The first change is the natural cycle of elections when the state has no high profile state-wide office on the ballot (i. e., no gubernatorial or US Senate races). The second difference is that North Carolina will actually have its primary in May.
The combination of these two issues offers Democrats a huge opportunity , particularly in NC-08.