Mark Robinson skipped vote to declare Hurricane Helene a state of emergency

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9. It might depend on who else is on the ballot

Some states (like here in PA) have state legislature seats up during the same years as Congressional and/Presidential elections and others might be "off year". If there is some important referendums, that might drive turnout up a bit more than normal.

I figure GOPers are going to be doing ticket-splitting there.

Of course the biggest issue there right now, particularly for western NC, is even having a place to vote, let alone a place to live (I saw some article about how they are still pushing ahead to find some kind of workable solution for voting in those impacted areas).