Remembering this is a DA race, let's see:
1. Nifong is awful.
2. The African-American candidate has a bit of a rap sheet.
3. The woman candidate was a sex crime prosecution specialist.
Now I would tend to vote for the woman myself, but is she a another Wendy Murphy? If that is the case, the people of Durham might care a lot but feel it is useless to vote for any of these candidates. Maybe many in Durham are putting out for sale signs and looking at property in Orange Co.?
Freda Black effectively prosecuted a high profile homicide case - the Michael Peterson case. From interviews, I got the impression she is competent and fair.