NC Sen. Newton new majority leader; Berger gets nod again

The Senate Republican Caucus, meeting privately, elected Sen. Paul Newton of Cabarrus County to the majority leader’s post, according to a news release. Newton is a retired Duke Energy president for North Carolina first elected to the Senate in 2016.

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