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‘I got to tell him’: Ojeda wins NC-09 seat just days before father passes away

States Newsroom · November 12, 2026

ABERDEEN, N.C. — When he found out he’d won the race for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, the first thing Richard Ojeda did was head upstairs to his father’s room. Ojeda’s father, also named Richard Ojeda, had been fighting Parkinson’s disease for six years. Ojeda’s campaign team held a small gathering at…

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‘I got to tell him’: Ojeda wins NC-09 seat just days before father passes away

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