All 7 of NC’s most populous counties elected black sheriffs.

https://twitter.com/Barry_Yeoman/status/1081214144035147777?s=17

Whoa. Including Buncombe (Western NC) and Cumberland (Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg).

Barry Yeoman (@Barry_Yeoman) Tweeted:

I wrote a @washingtonpost story about an unprecedented sweep in North Carolina. The 7 biggest counties all elected African-American sheriffs, a sharp break from the nation’s historic pattern of picking white men and keeping them there in perpetuity.
https://t.co/7VbPk1AjRa #ncpol

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