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Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, State Treasurer Dale Folwell, and political newcomer Jesse Thomas criticized Republican gubernatorial rival Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson while making their own case for governor.
Dale Folwell, Jesse Thomas and Mark Walker plan to appear next month in Cary and Charlotte. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Andy Wells have not confirmed their status.
(The Center Square) – Several candidates for governor have confirmed their attendance at the first Republican debate in mid-September, but whether frontrunning Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will participate remains unclear.
The death toll from COVID 19 grew to 69 in Pitt County over the weekend when the state Department of Health and Human Services reported five more people had died from the virus. The DHHS COVID-19 dashboard reported the deaths on Saturday, just days after another five deaths were reported on Thursday and after the county passed 10,000 total cases and had its highest one-day total for new cases, 223, on Friday. Three people died on Dec. 16, according to DHHS, one died on Dec. 13 and one died Dec. 7. Further information was not available because the state in November began withholding data about...