In Helene-Hit North Carolina Counties, Politics Are On Pause
For Asheville-area party committees, the only campaigns that matter now are those to find missing friends, displaced family, and a reconnection with the world. A long slog of canvassing, caucusing, and consolidating was to a conclude in a hectic five-week sprint to Election Day. It was all planned: Rallies, stumps, speeches, caravans. Candidates for local