"Redistricting plans designed to strengthen the GOP’s hold on the legislature also may have opened the door for new challengers. Returns that have shown the state’s electorate surging to the right may have convinced conservatives that their representatives are not keeping up.
“The party is finding itself,” said Tom Lawless, former chairman of the Davidson County Republican Party.
These primary races could hinge on red-meat issues such as guns and prayer, as well as accountability questions like pay and attendance."
It's really gotten kind of scary, how conservative the GOP lawmakers are expected to be. Too much more and the really WILL be the Taliban, legislating women cover up and be modest, and keep girls out of school, don't want to put IDEAS in their head.