Reshaped North Carolina Congressional District Highlights Suburban-Rural Split

People cast their ballots for the 2016 general elections at a crowded polling station as early voting begins in Carrboro, N.C., U.S., Oct. 20, 2016. Jonathan Drake/Reuters

One close and hard-fought congressional race in North Carolina will signify how the election fares across the state and perhaps elsewhere.

It pits blue-trending suburban voters outside Raleigh against red-voting rural ones dominated by Trump loyalists.