"Home-schooling Parent Defeats Incumbent in NC Superintendent GOP Primary"

North Carolina's public schools superintendent, Catherine Truitt, lost the Republican primary to conservative activist Michele Morrow, who criticized Truitt for not being conservative enough and accused public schools of indoctrinating students with left-leaning views. Truitt's defeat reflects a broader trend of challengers questioning incumbents' commitment to social conservatism or a Democratic agenda. Additionally, six-term Democratic Sen. Mike Woodard lost his primary to a self-proclaimed progressive, while other legislators also faced primary defeats.