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Tillis is projected winner in tight U.S. Senate race (Kay Hagen out!)
charlotteobserver ^ | Tuesday, Nov. 04, 2014 | Jim Morrill

Posted on 11/04/2014 9:02:14 PM PST by dennisw

Chuck Burton - AP Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis, left, greeted a voter at a polling place in Charlotte Tuesday. Tillis, the N.C. House Speaker, is running against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) Store

Republican Thom Tillis clinched a narrow victory over incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan in North Carolina’s bitter U.S. Senate race.

With nearly 98 percent of precincts in, Tillis had 48.95 percent to Hagan’s 47.14 percent. Libertarian Sean Haugh fielded about 4 percent.

Tillis, from Huntersville, held a 50,000-vote lead with some votes from Mecklenburg and other urban counties still out. But several new organizations declared him the winner.

(Excerpt) Read more at charlotteobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: elections; nc; senateraces; tillis

1 posted on 11/04/2014 9:02:14 PM PST by dennisw
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To: dennisw

I guess Ole Slick plugging Hagan didn’t help too much.


2 posted on 11/04/2014 9:03:40 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

She conceded on MSNBC


3 posted on 11/04/2014 9:05:02 PM PST by scooby321
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

She conceded on MSNBC


4 posted on 11/04/2014 9:05:08 PM PST by scooby321
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To: dennisw

I now have a GOP Rep and two Senators to hound....


5 posted on 11/04/2014 9:06:29 PM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: scooby321

OBTW, has she conceded on MSNBC yet?

She has conceded on MSNBC?

Oh, well. I guess she has conceded on MSNBC, then.


6 posted on 11/04/2014 9:10:18 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: dennisw

Just moved down from NJ. Made sure I registered and voted. My wife as well. First time my vote counted.


7 posted on 11/04/2014 9:10:41 PM PST by ScarletRed
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To: ScarletRed

Thank you for voting. I’m in VA and we are going to go red again soon, if we would all vote!


8 posted on 11/04/2014 9:20:05 PM PST by adamjeeps
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To: ScarletRed

Slick Willie’s plug was the kiss of death.


9 posted on 11/04/2014 9:20:08 PM PST by mrs9x
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To: dennisw

I’m enjoying watching MSNBC tonight! They are so full of pus!


10 posted on 11/04/2014 9:31:54 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: dennisw

How sweet it is!!!


11 posted on 11/04/2014 9:32:29 PM PST by Fungi (Phialides rule the world. Like it or not.)
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To: ScarletRed

Thank you for helping cancel out a vote from a libtard from the Northeast. Way too many of those in Wilmington....


12 posted on 11/04/2014 10:07:08 PM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: dennisw

One of the sweetest bits of news tonight.


13 posted on 11/04/2014 10:10:23 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: ScarletRed

Good for you guys and welcome to the south.


14 posted on 11/04/2014 10:11:52 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: dennisw

Looks like it's over. Tillis 48.93%, Hagan 47.31%k with 99.63% reporting. The Losertarian got 3.75%.

15 posted on 11/04/2014 10:18:43 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: dennisw

The 4% for libertarian Haugn came out of the Tillis vote.


16 posted on 11/05/2014 6:45:30 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: dennisw

I hope NC House of reps gets a conservative who can repeal Tillis Everify bill.


17 posted on 11/05/2014 12:35:58 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: dennisw

The NC fraud was insufficient for some strange reason. Guess Jebbie will claim the credit here.


18 posted on 11/06/2014 7:44:43 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: cynwoody

Those NC counties near VA must be like the state of VA as a whole.


19 posted on 11/06/2014 7:45:28 AM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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