Democrats’ dream of retaking NC Senate runs through eastern Forsyth
The contest in Senate District 31, which conjoins the eastern end of Forsyth County with Davie County through a narrow strip south of Winston-Salem, pits a staunch social-conservative lawmaker against a progressive challenger.
Redistricting last year made District 31 more competitive, but the partisan index published by the conservative Civitas Institute still gives Republican incumbent Joyce Krawiec a four-point advantage. In an election year seen as a potential blue wave, Democrats have a much more narrow path to the majority in the Senate than in the House, and they’re pinning their hopes on Terri LeGrand, a Wake Forest University administrator, to take them across the finish the line.