Toppled beach homes. Helicopter rescue missions. Destroyed neighborhoods.
Those are the images one North Carolina politician is using to win votes in one of the state’s most obscure — yet increasingly important — races this year: insurance commissioner.
“In North Carolina, this is our nightmare. We need affordable, reliable insurance coverage,” says a new hurricane-focused TV ad for Natasha Marcus, a Democrat and state senator running for the job.
Marcus is challenging Republican incumbent Mike Causey for the office that regulates the insurance industry in North Carolina. With less than three weeks until Election Day, the usually low-profile race is drawing heightened attention amid a confluence of recent events in the nation’s ninth most-populous state.
