 What was your name? The Tar Heel barbecue restaurant might seem like an unlikely stop recently for Democrats on the campaign trail. It's more than two hours northeast of Raleigh in a county that's home to 10,000 people in just one stoplight. One of the candidates greeting voters is Howard Hunter, who served nearly a decade in the state house before losing his seat in 2022. Now he's running to win it back with more help from state and national Democrats.