By John Henderson
Ninth District congressional candidate Dan McCready (click here) is not letting President Donald Trump’s visit to Fayetteville on Monday go unanswered.
Hours before Trump is expected to make a campaign stop at the Crown Expo Center to rally for McCready’s opponent, Dan Bishop, the Democratic candidate has planned a campaign event downtown.
On Monday, from noon to 1 p.m., McCready, a Marine Corps veteran, will join veterans and military families to conduct a canvass of downtown in “Operation Get Out the Vote.”
The group will meet at the N.C. Veterans Park before breaking into small groups to walk along Hay Street, as well as go door-to-door to meet potential voters, a press release from the campaign said.
McCready, the owner of a solar energy business, is in a tight race for District 9 seat. Bishop, a Republican, is a lawyer and former Mecklenburg county commissioner from Charlotte. The district runs along the state line from Charlotte in the western half of the state to Fayetteville and Bladen County in the east....
