Historic Black Belt congressional district could elect first Republican since 1883 (1 Viewer)

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    Princeville, North Carolina — On a single-lane road in Eastern North Carolina, surrounded by farmland, the congregation at Mark Chapel Baptist Church listens to a sermon on faith — and the importance of their vote as part of the "Black Belt," a stretch of majority-Black congressional districts in the South.

    The 1st Congressional District hasn't elected a Republican since 1883, and African Americans have represented the district since 1992, but this year, that could change.

    Residents here find themselves in a new political reality. The key swing...

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