RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race could decide which party controls the chamber in November. But both candidates have suspended campaigning, at least temporarily.

Republican Sen, Thom Tillis remains in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, while Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham is avoiding public appearances after admitting to sending sexual messages with a married woman. Cunningham canceled a Facebook town hall meeting Monday afternoon and has yet to provide details about the extent of his extramarital relationship.

Arlene Guzman Todd, the woman who exchanged texts with Cunningham, is a California public relations strategist who lived in Raleigh a few years ago and the wife of an Army veteran. Cunninham – a military combat veteran – is married and has two teenage children.

Meanwhile, a Tillis spokesman says the senator continues to recuperate, “feels great” and is showing no symptoms of coronavirus.