JP> North Carolina: Republican Senator Jesse Helms, one of the most
JP> reliable pro-gun votes in the U.S. Senate will have a tough race
JP> against anti-gun former mayor of Charlotte, Harvey Gantt. 
    I _live_ in this state and have for a long time.
    Gantt is a very weak candidate.  He is backed mostly by out-of-state 
liberals, much of his financing coming from Hollywood...something that's no 
secret down here!!  He's seen as a "quota king" as a result of his profiting 
from a business deal on a minority-set-aside broadcast license which he 
resold soon after to whites...an issue that hits Gantt among blacks too, 
because they see him as a sellout on it.  Quotas were a major issue in his 
last try, and the quota issue will hit Gantt even harder now due to the 
"downsizing" economy and fiercer competition for good jobs.
    Gantt isn't a skilled campaigner.  His fans have very unrealistic 
expectations for him, as they did last time.  For Gantt to win, he'd need to 
get every black vote and a very high share of those white voters left over 
after subtracting out those whites who'd just never vote for a black 
candidate.
JP> The Fourth Congressional District, which takes in Raleigh and Chapel
JP> Hill is extra-important for the gun rights movement.  Former New York
JP> City police officer Fred Heineman, who served as Raleigh's Police
JP> Chief for 15 years and is the freshman congressman, is an important
JP> voice for the gun rights movement in Congress because of his law
JP> enforcement experience.  Having won last time out by less than a
JP> thousand votes, he is a key target of the gun grabbers who can't 
JP> stand
JP> to see a pro-gun law enforcement spokesman.
    But is his opponent _credible_?
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