First NC VOtes.....

[Amish]

5th District

Broyhill 240 Robinson 183 Helvey 119 Foxx 115

Governor

Vinroot 1539 Ballantine 1201 Cobey 1110

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Is this the same Vinroot that ran as the Republican nominee in the last gubernatorial election?

Sorry, but I haven't followed N.C. politics closely since that empty suit John Edwards knocked off Lauch Faircloth back in '98.

Another less than savory character that we can thank Bill Clinton and his shrewish wife for.

[Amish]

Same Vinroot.. in a run off, it would be likely that he would not win...we shall see which of the next two actually end up on top.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I'm all for giving a good candidate a second, or even a third chance.

Heck, Abraham Lincoln was slow out of the gate.

But it seems like an exercise in masochism to keep renominating someone who you are certain will lose the general election.

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 4,110 32%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 3,663 29%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 2,775 22%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 1,153

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Jim Snyder REP 5,367 51%
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Timothy Cook REP 2,809 27%
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Thomas Stith REP 2,281 22%

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 1,240 31%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 997 25%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 770 19%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 410 10%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 388 10%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 82 2%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 46 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 35

[diotima]

GO ROBINSON GO!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Correction:

What I meant to write was "sadism."

Though in this case, it just might be that the voters within the North Carolina Republican Party are intentionally inflicting pain on the rest of the state.

I would have nominated Jesse Helms for the governorship before turning it over to Vinroot once again.

[NeoCaveman]

Why isn't he leading? What's wrong with people?

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I think you'd need to include Richard Bey in any "Where do they find these people?" thread.

Then again, Jerry Springer has his own musical, so he might top Bey-despite his numerous theatrical credits-in terms of sheer star power.

Be thankful that no one is stupid enough to put Springer into office.

Not even his congenitally retarded fan base.

[kcar]

WPTF AM 680 has declared Burr the winner for the Republican Senate race. Also, Mike Sleasley as Rat gubernatorial candidate.

Low turnout - so the detremined determine.

[kcar]

err, typ, s/h/b "determined determine".

[kcar]

Ballantine leading above 40%. Hard of hearing but that's what I think 680 just said.

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 1,616 27%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 1,377 23%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 1,268 21%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 717 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 689 11%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 238 4%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 72 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 87 1%

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 9,069 33%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 7,711 28%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 6,356 23%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 2,400 9%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 1,146 4%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 1,041 4%

[kcar]

Okay, Ballantine in lead for #2 and Vinroot well below 40% - works for me.

Where do you get your stats? Please share. Thx!

[Amish]

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 13,370 32%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 11,325 27%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 9,528 23%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 3,519 8%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 2,343 6%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 1,612 4%

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 3,357 28%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 3,110 26%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 2,547 22%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 1,314 11%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 1,080 9%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 131 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 146 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 154

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 17,577 32%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 14,791 27%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 13,658 24%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 4,792 9%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 3,007 5%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 1,949 3%



US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 3,394 30%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 2,441 21%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 1,992 17%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 1,533 13%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 1,414 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 424 4%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 111 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 158 1

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 5,332 26%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 4,992 24%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 4,397 21%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 2,403 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 2,475 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 564 3%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 194 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 274 1%

Vernon bumps up a bit...

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 21,662 30%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 19,267 27%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 17,468 25%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 6,557 9%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 3,943 6%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 2,311

[NeoCaveman]

What percent of the vote is in?

[jern]

amish, update your profile with your state, so you can access the "NC" forum