NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on the North Carolina Senate race. Democrats think they have a chance this year to unseat Jesse Helms, but they first face a primary contest next month between Harvey Gantt, the black former mayor of Charlotte who ran unsuccessfully against Helms in 1990, and Charlie Sanders, a white businessman. Many blacks in NC are throwing support to Sanders, because they think he has a better chance of winning and they don't want to face a Helms-Gantt rematch. The 1990 campaign turned into a very nasty race with racist overtones.
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