Courtesy of TPM:
When House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-NC), the leading candidate in the GOP primary to face Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), released the names of the women serving as co-chairs of his Women for Tillis Coalition one name stuck out: Dr. Mary Susan Fulghum.
The Tillis campaign listed Fulghum as a "retired OB-GYN who is very active in the Raleigh community." The campaign noted that Fulghum serves on a number of boards and committees and graduated from the University of North Carolina.
There was, however, no mention of Fulghum's involvement in Planned Parenthood. Fulghum, in fact, happens to be one of the principle founders of the Planned Parenthood Health Systems headquarters in Raleigh, which was first started in 1980. She's listed as a principal founder on Planned Parenthood's website today.
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Tillis is running on, among other things, his Pro-life cred. There are several other Pro-life candidates currently running in the Republican primary to challenge the endangered Kay Hagan (D) but according to polling I've seen recently, Tillis seems to have the most realistic chance of actually beating Hagan. However, recent polling has also suggested that Tillis is having a hard time closing with republican voters to win his primary.
If anyone has access to some of the recent polling, I would greatly appreciate it, and will post it as soon as I have it.
Update: some solid information on the other contenders, courtesy of and h/t to poopdogcomedy.
It's high time we throw Tillis this anvil. The NC-Sen Republican primary seems ripe for a ratf$%#ing
1:21 PM PT: Top two vote-getters in the primary go to a runoff if no one clears a 40% threshold. In a crowded field, 40% is a pretty high bar to clear. Who do we want to be in that runoff?
More info, again courtesy of poopdog...