Gingrich visits Raleigh ahead of GOP primary

By:?Associated Press and Loretta Boniti

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RALEIGH -- With his presidential campaign ailing, Newt Gingrich is hoping for a boost from North Carolina.

The former speaker of the U.S. House is to make two campaign stops in Raleigh on Monday. He started by meeting with Republican and independent black voters, hearing their top concerns of education, healthcare, jobs, economy. The visit comes a day after Gingrich said his campaign has nearly $4.5 million in debt.

Although by his own admission his campaign is at a near end with Mitt Romney the likely nominee. Gingrich said it is important to continue similar talks as there is much campaigning left to do.

?This is a state that loves basketball. The fact that if you think about it you could be in a basketball game you expect the team to play the whole game. So my view is there is no reason to concede anything. Every vote that we can get in North Carolina is another vote for a more Conservative platform,? said Gingrich.

Gingrich was briefly the frontrunner after his surprise Jan. 21 victory in the South Carolina primary, but he has been a distant third since then, trailing Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

The North Carolina primary is May 8.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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