Morning Digest, sponsored by RunningMate: North Carolina GOP pays the ultimate price for a bona fide dummymander

Democrat Raymond Smith just won a district Republicans would’ve been better off leaving alone

North Carolina Rep.-elect Raymond Smith (left), with Sen.-elect Roy Cooper (credit: Raymond Smith campaign site)

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Democrat Raymond Smith has emerged as the victor in yet another stunning upset in North Carolina—and for the first time in a long time, a bona fide dummymander is to blame.

On Wednesday morning, Republican Rep. Greg Murphy conce…