lieutenant governor

A likely small group of North Carolina voters will decide which Republicans will serve as the party's nominees for a congressional district seat and two statewide positions. Tuesday's GOP primary runoffs include pairs of candidates in the 13th House District and for lieutenant governor and state auditor.

Early in-person voting has started across North Carolina for next month's runoff elections, including one congressional and two statewide primary contests. Early voting sites opened in all 100 counties on Thursday and will be available through May 11.

Deanna Ballard, a former North Carolina state senator who helped assemble the Republicans' education policy in the chamber, announced on Monday her…