The News & Observer reports that Michael Schaul, a member of the Democratic Party’s state executive committee representing Wake County, sent Smith’s campaign an email questioning her math. “Exaggeration doesn’t help. Gross exaggeration is worse. It makes you look bad,” wrote Schaul, who is white and one of more than 800 members on the committee. After the email was made public by Smith, the county and state parties have responded with statements of support for Smith and a rebuke, though not by name, of Schaul. Schaul declined interview requests from The News & Observer on Thursday, ...