Cabarrus County GOP commission and state Senate candidates clash over incentives, spending and ACN purchase at tense forum

Competing visions among certain candidates on schools, spending and growth took center stage days before early voting begins.

Seven of the eight commission candidates attended the forum. Photo credit: Chris Miller.

Republican candidates for Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners and N.C. Senate District 34 clashed Monday night over economic incentives, county spending and the controversial purchase of the former ACN building, laying bare ideological divides that have simmered within the local GOP for years.