CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Selecting Charlotte, North Carolina, as the host city for the 2020 Republican National Convention signals the importance of the swing state to President Trump’s reelection.

With the party’s top brass in town for scaled-back in-person meetings and a convention roll-call vote, North Carolina GOP officials are outwardly confident about Trump’s reelection prospects, as is almost every Republican delegate and staff member in Charlotte.

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