Bloomberg donates $1 million to NC Democrats

Between the lines: Bloomberg's contribution appears to be a last-ditch effort to block Republicans from sweeping races across the state and gaining a supermajority in the state legislature.

• The party needs to flip just 5 seats — three in the state House, two in the Senate — if Republicans want the ability to usher bills into law without the support of a single legislative Democrat or Gov. Roy Cooper.

Context: Bloomberg's advisors told the Washington Post earlier this month that the former presidential candidate plans to spend $60 million to support Democrats in this year's midterm elections.

• "I expect that once again Mike Bloomberg will the be largest Democratic donor," political strategist Howard Wolfson told WaPo. "We are facing, as a country, multiple threats in multiple areas — federal, state and local — and we are attempting to be helpful in as many places as possible."

Flashback: In 2020, campaign records show Bloomberg donated some $8.7 million to the North Carolina committee called the Beyond Carbon Victory Fund, which in turn paid for political ads opposing Republicans in at least one state Senate race and now-Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.