North Carolina House of Representatives Speaker Tim Moore, another state congressman, and Moore’s security were driving back to the state capital from an event when a vehicle repeatedly rammed into the back of them, the speaker’s spokeswoman said Thursday.
The speaker and Rep. David Willis (R) were headed back to Raleigh from Wilson, a city about 50 minutes east, when their “vehicle was rammed from behind several times,” according to the spokeswoman, per Axios reporter Lucille Sherman. “Thankfully no one in the vehicle was hurt, including Rep. Willis and Speaker Moore.”
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Moore’s spokeswoman told Sherman that the state General Assembly police and the Highway Patrol responded to the crash and “the circumstances are under investigation.” It is not clear whether the crash was a targeted attack or not.
Moore has been the speaker of the state House since 2015, first being elected to the chamber in 2002. He represents District 111, which includes Cleveland County, west of Charlotte.
North Carolina’s 14 House seats are currently evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, but new redistricting could give the GOP four more seats. The state is known for being a swing state, with a Democratic governor in Roy Cooper, but a Republican-led General Assembly.
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Republicans currently hold a narrow 221-212 majority in the House of Representatives after taking back control of the chamber in 2022 despite underperforming in most key races nationwide.
