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This week primary challenges to Republican incumbent Congresswomen in our state grab national headlines. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson tells host Donna Martinez about discontent with Reps. Virginia Foxx and Renee Ellmers. He also discusses the first installment of the Clay Aiken campaign documentary. They also discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on our state's election reform law. Then N.C. Republican Party chairman Claude Pope explains the effort to move the presidential primary earlier in the year. Next is political analyst John Hood, who looks at the presidential race. And finally, Martinez chats with new state Democratic Party chairwoman Patsy Keever about the party's messaging going into 2016.