Across a significant chunk of Wilmington, voters are going into polling places this year, and finding a surprise: they wouldn’t be voting in Senate District 7, where long-time Republican incumbent Michael Lee is running to keep his seat against Democrat David Hill. "I am here representing and running for the Senate District Eight, which encompasses all of Columbus County, all of Brunswick County, and then a little gerrymandered notch of New Hanover County, which encompasses the kind of the downtown districts of Wilmington. He said, "the New Hanover state senate district is a classic, classic example of what happens when politicians are allowed to select their voters instead of voters selecting their politicians.”