 Gates County is one of the counties Democrats think they can win in November. In fact, it was solidly blue once with the support of a large number of black voters and low-income residents. But it saw an influx of retirees and long-distance commuters and flipped Republican in 2016. And Republicans say Democrats can't flip it back by just campaigning on the liberal values that work for them in urban areas. Stephen Wiley runs campaigns for the Republican caucus in the statehouse.