Just had my phone with me when I attended this event, held in a large meeting room in the evening. Many shots were blurry due to the fact that this guy paces as he talks and the shutter speed was necessarily slow due to the light level. Somehow, I managed this sharp image, without flash, which I don't like to use. I really appreciate my Samsung Note 4 camera!
As to the expression on his face, it reflects his astonishment about the fact that his opponent, who owns 7 McDonald's franchises, did not know what the ERA is...and supports off shore drilling and fracking.
Mr. Bossert hopes to restore respect and funding to the severely underfunded North Carolina education community, which is many cases requires students to copy and past textbook pages into notebooks. He is an elementary school principal.