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THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US. IN COMMITMENT 2024, TWO CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING TO REPRESENT WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY. REPUBLICAN JEFF SINGER IS LOOKING TO RETURN TO RALEIGH FOR HIS THIRD TERM. DEMOCRAT AMY NORTH IS HOPING TO FLIP A REPUBLICAN LEANING DISTRICT BLUE. OUR JOSHUA DAVIS SAT DOWN WITH THE CANDIDATES AND THE CASE. THEYRE MAKING TO VOTERS. NORTH BELIEVES ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE, AND SHE THINKS ISSUES LIKE WOMENS HEALTH, THE COST OF LIVING, AND ESPECIALLY EDUCATION WILL BE KEY IN HER CAMPAIGN AGAINST ZENGER. BUT ZENGER BELIEVES ITS HIS PREVIOUS HISTORY IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WILL MATTER TO VOTERS. MOORE HOUSE DISTRICT 74, STRETCHES FROM LEWISVILLE TO PARTS OF CLEMMONS AND BERMUDIA RUN IN FORSYTH COUNTY. DEMOCRAT AMY NORTH, A NEWCOMER TO NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS, IS LOOKING TO UNSEAT REPUBLICAN JEFF ZANGER, WHO IS LOOKING TO HEAD BACK TO RALEIGH FOR HIS THIRD TERM. AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TWO CANDIDATES BOTH HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS ON THE BIG ISSUES FACING THEIR DISTRICT CRIME AND THE ECONOMY. BUT ITS EDUCATION FUNDING, WHICH WAS A POINT OF CONTENTION FOR THEM BOTH. NORTH WANTS MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ZANGER COUNTERS WITH WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH? NORTH CLAIMS VOUCHERS TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ZANGER SAYS THEY DONT. ULTIMATELY, NORTH BELIEVES SHELL APPEAL TO A WIDE SWATH OF VOTERS TURNED OFF BY DEMS AND THE GOP ALIKE. BUT ZANGER THINKS HIS ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. THERE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE KNOW. THERE ARE MORE INDEPENDENT, UNAFFILIATED VOTERS, NOT ONLY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND PARTIES DONT PARTY AFFILIATION DOESNT MATTER AS MUCH AS IT USED TO. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE CREATIVE THINKERS. SOLUTION FINDERS. IVE SERVED NOW FOR FOUR YEARS. IVE WORKED VERY HARD ON, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE POLICE FORCE, IVE GOTTEN THEIR THEIR POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, THE FIREFIGHTERS, ALL OF THEIR ENDORSEMENTS. IVE DELIVERED MONEY TO OUR DISTRICT TO HELP KEEP TAXES DOWN. IVE GOT TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT. AND I THINK THATS THE, THE, THE REAL THE REAL BIG DIFFERENCE IS EXPERIENCE. AND IVE DELIVERED IVE DELIVERED FOR MY DISTRICT AND YOULL BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE CANDIDATES ON THOSE KEY ISSUES STARTING TONIGHT AT FIVE. REPORTING. IM JOSHUA DAVIS FO