How did the bloodbath effect everyone's local races? In Charlotte, the Dems now have all three At-Large seats. Also, state House 99 is now represented by a crook named Nick Mackey. I tried to prevent that one but the Dems succeeded in getting a huuuuge number of voters to go straight ticket for them.
Pat McCrory didn't even win Mecklenburg. Perdue edged him out by .1%.
I have to wonder what the black turnout was in NC; 90%, perhaps? After all, if you're black and not voting for Obama, you're not performing your racial duty. And Charlotte is one of the top three destinations in the country for blacks, so this will continue to get worse for as long as the community unquestioningly follows the Democratic Party.
Robin Hayes finally fell. His district was re-drawn to include only the worst parts of Mecklenburg and Union counties a few cycles back (an accident, I'm sure).
I had an inkling that things might be bad on Monday night, when I saw a TV ad from Rep. Sue Myrick, who is usually safe with a few billboards and a radio ad or two.
The final numbers for NC...
Registered Voters: 6,262,566
Ballots Cast: 4,321,001
Voter Turnout: 69.00 %
Obama/Biden (DEM) 49.70% 2,123,390
McCain/Palin (REP) 49.38% 2,109,698
Barr/Root (LIB) 0.59% 25,419
[Adding Barr's numbers would have given McCain the state, but I'm more concerned about all the Republicans that turned out to vote for Obama.]
Straight party votes:
DEMOCRATIC 58.86% 1,264,076
REPUBLICAN 40.27% 864,907
LIBERTARIAN 0.86% 18,543
Senate:
Kay Hagan (DEM) 52.67% 2,225,961
Elizabeth Dole (REP) 44.18% 1,867,269
Christopher Cole (LIB) 3.11% 131,590
[I scratch my head over Chris Cole getting 3%; it's higher than Mike Munger, who was the only LP guy who made any news. I have to wonder if people didn't confuse "Cole" for "Dole." Cole is a perennial candidate and prolific letter-writer from the Mecklenburg area, who usually gets a fraction of a point.]
Governor:
Bev Perdue (DEM) 50.23% 2,121,320
Pat McCrory (REP) 46.90% 1,980,769
Michael C. Munger (LIB) 2.86% 120,876
[Any other year, and this would have been McCrory's. A real shame for our state and especially for the Charlotte area, which will continue to get sucked dry so that Democrats can buy off the rest of the state with pork while our roads go to heck.]
Lt. Governor:
Walter H. Dalton (DEM) 51.08% 2,109,356
Robert Pittenger (REP) 45.89% 1,894,890
Phillip Rhodes (LIB) 3.03% 125,164
Attorney General:
Roy Cooper (DEM) 61.12% 2,511,617
Bob Crumley (REP) 38.88% 1,597,595
[I don't know Crumley, but didn't it seem bad that we were running a guy who was known to the public as an ambulance chaser?]
Auditor:
Beth A. Wood (DEM) 53.56% 2,151,595
Leslie Merritt (REP) 46.44% 1,865,303
[Another victim of straight ticket voting, I suppose.]
Commissioner of Agriculture:
Ronnie Ansley (DEM) 47.95% 1,941,548
Steve Troxler (REP) 52.05% 2,107,270
[What is Troxler's secret?]
Commissioner of Insurance:
Wayne Goodwin (DEM) 51.56% 2,083,236
John Odom (REP) 44.59% 1,801,750
Mark McMains (LIB) 3.77% 152,201
Commissioner of Labor:
Mary Fant Donnan (DEM) 49.40% 1,993,640
Cherie Berry (REP) 50.60% 2,042,059
Secretary of State:
Elaine F. Marshall (DEM) 56.80% 2,291,980
Jack Sawyer (REP) 43.20% 1,743,158
Superintendent of Public Instruction:
June St. Clair Atkinson (DEM) 53.66% 2,154,267
Richard Morgan (REP) 46.34% 1,860,088
[Not a loss I'm particularly upset about.]
Treasurer:
Janet Cowell (DEM) 53.61% 2,155,543
Bill Daughtridge (REP) 46.39% 1,865,275
US House 1:
G.K. Butterfield (DEM) 69.96% 190,344
Dean Stephens (REP) 30.04% 81,746
US House 2:
Bob Etheridge (DEM) 66.97% 198,038
Dan Mansell (REP) 31.24% 92,381
Will Adkins (LIB) 1.79% 5,308
US House 3:
Craig Weber (DEM) 34.13% 103,351
Walter B. Jones (REP) 65.87% 199,489
US House 4:
David Price (DEM) 63.44% 263,151
William (B.J.) Lawson (REP) 36.56% 151,672
US House 5:
Roy Carter (DEM) 41.70% 134,829
Virginia Foxx (REP) 58.30% 188,471
US House 6:
Teresa Sue Bratton (DEM) 33.01% 108,374
Howard Coble (REP) 66.99% 219,900
US House 7:
Mike McIntyre (DEM) 68.81% 213,145
Will Breazeale (REP) 31.19% 96,623
US House 8:
Larry Kissell (DEM) 55.41% 155,746
Robert C. (Robin) Hayes (REP) 44.59% 125,355
US House 9:
Harry Taylor (DEM) 35.92% 138,194
Sue Myrick (REP) 62.35% 239,903
Andy Grum (LIB) 1.73% 6,669
US House 10:
Daniel Johnson (DEM) 42.44% 125,936
Patrick McHenry (REP) 57.56% 170,811
US House 11:
Heath Shuler (DEM) 61.98% 210,304
Carl Mumpower (REP) 35.82% 121,524
Keith Smith (LIB) 2.20% 7,475
[Mumpower ran a campaign that was nothing less than godawful. He started out the general campaign by calling for the impeachment of Bush, and finished it by 'debating' a cardboard stand-up of Shuler at campaign events.]
US House 12:
Mel Watt (DEM) 71.57% 214,947
Ty Cobb, Jr. (REP) 28.43% 85,398
US House 13:
Brad Miller (DEM) 66.29% 214,829
Hugh Webster (REP) 33.71% 109,247
