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State GOP demands quick action on Henson replacement

Jake Johnson, Larry Chapman and Teresa McCall are seeking appointment to the House District 113 seat that became vacant on Friday.

By Bill Moss, Published: July 26, 2019

PISGAH FOREST — State and local Republican Party leaders fast-tracked the filling of the vacant state House District 113 seat because the seat is critical to the state Republican Party's effort to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a Republican-drawn budget, state GOP Chairman Michael Whatley told party members who jammed into a barbecue restaurant on Saturday morning.

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