 The Tarfield 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.