Hoyer says Harris will not be seated

[gratuitous]

2. Not a tough call

Harris hasn't been certified the winner of his election. If you haven't been certified, you're not the winner, you don't get the seat.

While I'm gratified that the North Carolina Board of Elections (or whatever they're called) has declined to certify a winner, the evidence available seems pretty clear and convincing that the Democratic candidate polled more votes on election day, but for some dedicated tampering on Harris' behalf. An honorable candidate would refuse to accept a victory under such tainted circumstances and concede defeat.

What Mark Harris will do, however, is anybody's guess. The state Republican party is looking for a way to keep him from being in any run-off if that's what the Board of Elections decides to do. That due to the fact that the same pattern of election tampering showed up in the Republican primary that made Harris the party's nominee in the first place. Of course, if Harris was an honorable man, this sort of jiggery-pokery wouldn't have happened twice in his favor.