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Washington, D.C.

WATCHING local TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, you learned two things about David Funderburk in recent weeks: “He doesn’t pay his bills,” and he has attacked the Rev. Billy Graham. The scofflaw with a mean streak is the Republican nominee for Congress in North Carolina’s 2nd District. As election day loomed, he felt the brunt of the Democrats’ survival strategy: spend and distort.

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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Washington, D.C.

WATCHING local TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, you learned two things about David Funderburk in recent weeks: “He doesn’t pay his bills,” and he has attacked the Rev. Billy Graham. The scofflaw with a mean streak is the Republican nominee for Congress in North Carolina’s 2nd District. As election day loomed, he felt the brunt of the Democrats’ survival strategy: spend and distort.