State for Sale
A conservative multimillionaire has taken control in North Carolina, one of 2012’s top battlegrounds.
John Snow, one of North Carolina's most conservative Democrats, was targeted by two dozen mass mailings. One featured an African-American death row convict and accused Snow of letting murderers off—though he supported the death penalty. On Election Night, he lost by fewer than two hundred votes. Art Pope's money had reshaped the state.