Looks like Dems are throwing in the towel in NC

Alas, when it comes to helping Beasley on the trail in North Carolina in the last few weeks before Election Day, the Democratic Party isn’t sending their best:

• Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), former senator Doug Jones (D., Ala.), and former Navy secretary Ray Mabus joined Beasley for a final campaign push in the Raleigh suburbs.

• Dave Matthews, 55, played a show in Raleigh last month in an attempt to help Beasley turn out the Democratic Party’s base of white college-educated professionals.

• Second gentleman Doug Emhoff attended a series of get-out-the-vote rallies with Democratic National Committee chairman Jamie Harrison in October.

Why it matters: The open Senate race in North Carolina was once viewed as a midterm pickup opportunity for Democrats. At the rate things are going, they will be lucky to hold onto Senate seats in Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia.