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Mammoth Political Year Awaits North Carolinians in 2004.

By Paul B. Johnson, High Point Enterprise, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 29--North Carolina voters will make a host of consequential choices in the coming year.

From helping the nation decide on a new president to selecting leaders for county boards, 2004 shapes up as both a mammoth and momentous year for politics in the Tarheel State. Races next year will include filling the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat John Edwards, who is seeking his party nomination for president, electing a governor and other Council of State offices, 13 m

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