Obama could benefit in North Carolina with Democratic gov’s decision to not seek re-election: “It’s helpful news for Obama rather than problematic news,” John Dinan, a political science professor at Wake Forest University, said of Perdue’s announcement Thursday. “You’d expect the Obama campaign would rather run with a strong gubernatorial candidate on the ballot, and by all accounts, Perdue was not a strong candidate.”

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