I was hoping for Pantano in district 7 to reward him for having the guts to run for the seat before it became a cinch for a Republican.
District 8, I hope Keadle wins.
Too bad Bill Randall didn’t win district 13, in fact he placed 3rd of 3.
In other news LT Gov Walter Dalton beat Bob Ethredige in the rat gubernatorial primary.
Lots of GOP runoffs for statewide offices. Just winning Governor isn’t enough, we only have 2 of those offices now. This must be Elaine Marshall’s 10th term as SOS.
I hadn’t noticed before but no Republican ran for AG. Why is AG always the hardest office to win? Must be the trial lawyers money behind the democrats.
It's tough to compete with the big boys. If CFG or a tea party PAC had gotten behind him he would have had a chance, but his effort wasn't Grade A either.
I hadn’t noticed before but no Republican ran for AG. Why is AG always the hardest office to win?
Because the Democrat can get lots of positive anti-crime press and if they can avoid personal wrongdoing it's tough to pin a "Roy Cooper turned a blind eye to X corruption" tag on them.