Republican Forest claims win in lt. gov. race, Coleman not conceding

NBC 17 ^ | November 17, 2012 | CHARLIE NORTON

[God'sgrrl]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican Dan Forest Saturday claimed victory over Linda Coleman in the race for lieutenant governor after county boards of elections finished canvassing votes. more

[God'sgrrl]

From democratic Lt Governor candidate Linda Coleman via Twitter today:

@Coleman4LtGov Major campaign announcement at NCDP 11am est.

[Redleg Duke]

Of course she won’t concede. The RATS are busily manufacturinng the votes necessary to win.

[God'sgrrl]

I guess we’ll find out what she’s up to here shortly...

[God'sgrrl]

Dan Forest WON!!! Linda Colemnan conceded!!!!!!!!!

[Army Air Corps]

Thank you, G-d!

[paul544]

Are you giving Allen West the same advice?

[COBOL2Java]

Dan Forest WON!!! Linda Colemnan conceded!!!!!!!!!

What happened? Did the local Kinko's run out of paper?

[newzjunkey]

Of course she won’t concede. The RATS are busily manufacturinng the votes necessary to win.

Coleman concedes to Forest

[myrabach]

WHOO HOOOOOO... so happy to be a North Carolinian these days!

[jbwbubba]

its a nice win, but Lt Gov in NC has about as much to do these days as a shop selling VHS tapes.

[Theodore R.]

In Louisiana, the lieutenant governor is the tourism secretary; nothing else really, but he succeeds to the governorship. The last time that happened was 1939, with Lt. Gov. Earl Long becoming governor. He was one of the early “Santa Claus” politicians.

[God'sgrrl]

Only second Republican Lt Governor in NC since 1887!

[God'sgrrl]

Dan Forest will affect jobs and education. McCrory will also give him work to do.

Interview

Press Conference

[God'sgrrl]

“We’ve been painted as an extremist by our opponents and by the unions, they came up with that terminology. That’s happened throughout history. Ronald Reagan was called an extremist by his opponents, so I think you can look back at history and say Ronald Reagan wasn’t extreme in any way. I don’t think we’re extreme, I don’t think my positions are extreme. They’re mainstream American positions and that’s what we ran our campaign on and so that’s the way we’ll govern as well.” - Lt. Governor-Elect Dan Forest 2012

[boatbums]

Very glad to see that our newly elected Republican Governor, Pat McCrory, will be joined by a Republican Lt. Governor and they have a majority Republican Congress with which to work, to boot! They had BETTER get stuff done. There's no excuse anymore.

[God'sgrrl]

Every single scenario is completely unique. Every state deals with it's own issue. North Carolina's history is fairly decent when it comes to recount fraud. It is far from perfect, but one cannot compare Florida and North Carolina. I support any candidate who desires a recount if they are legally eligible or can PROVE fraud. Linda Coleman was seeking to sue over "disenfranchised voters". This is the left's buzz word. She was talking stuff like allowing voters to register on election day etc. And the gap was to wide.

[myrabach]

I have every expectation this will be an exciting time for North Carolina.

[nd76]

In North Carolina, the Lieutenant Governor is the presiding officer of the state Senate and can vote to break a tie.