Pat McCrory announces he will not run in the NC-9 Congressional election

Former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory will not run for Congress.McCrory announced his decision that he will not join the race in the 9th Congressional district on his weekday WBT-AM radio show. On his radio show, McCrory said that he felt he was making a difference in his position teaching at UNC Chapel Hill.McCrory also says he's considering running for governor again or for the U.S. Senate in the future.Sunday night, McCrory tweeted, "Much has changed over the past week regarding the 9th congressional district. I have received an enormous number of calls about it from friends, reporters, and political operatives from our state and Washington, D.C. At 8:15am, I will be sharing my personal status on what is now the 9th district congressional election. The Pat McCrory Show (1110 WBT-AM radio)."McCrory, who is also the former mayor of Charlotte, lost his 2016 re-election bid to current Governor Roy Cooper by just over 10-thousand votes. That race was not decided for several weeks.The uncertainty in North Carolina's 9th Congressional district has been going on for months. Thursday, the newly appointed State Board of Elections unanimously ruled that there would be a new election in NC-9 after substantial evidence of absentee ballot fraud was presented at a multi-day hearing in Raleigh. Even Republican Congressional candidate Mark Harris, who had a 905-vote lead over his Democratic challenger, Dan McCready, said there should be a new election.McCready wasted no time announcing his intentions to run in the new election, holding a campaign event last Friday. Harris has yet to make a formal announcement either way.

Former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory will not run for Congress.

McCrory announced his decision that he will not join the race in the 9th Congressional district on his weekday WBT-AM radio show.


On his radio show, McCrory said that he felt he was making a difference in his position teaching at UNC Chapel Hill.

McCrory also says he's considering running for governor again or for the U.S. Senate in the future.

Sunday night, McCrory tweeted, "Much has changed over the past week regarding the 9th congressional district. I have received an enormous number of calls about it from friends, reporters, and political operatives from our state and Washington, D.C. At 8:15am, I will be sharing my personal status on what is now the 9th district congressional election. The Pat McCrory Show (1110 WBT-AM radio)."



McCrory, who is also the former mayor of Charlotte, lost his 2016 re-election bid to current Governor Roy Cooper by just over 10-thousand votes. That race was not decided for several weeks.

The uncertainty in North Carolina's 9th Congressional district has been going on for months.



Thursday, the newly appointed State Board of Elections unanimously ruled that there would be a new election in NC-9 after substantial evidence of absentee ballot fraud was presented at a multi-day hearing in Raleigh. Even Republican Congressional candidate Mark Harris, who had a 905-vote lead over his Democratic challenger, Dan McCready, said there should be a new election.

McCready wasted no time announcing his intentions to run in the new election, holding a campaign event last Friday. Harris has yet to make a formal announcement either way.

