Newly counted votes widened the gap between Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page and state Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger in the race to earn the Republican nomination for state Senate District 26. Unofficial election results released Tuesday placed Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page two votes ahead of incumbent NC Senate President Pro Tempore Berger with a tally of 13,077 votes to 13,075. On Friday, Rockingham County and Guilford County election officials worked to tabulate cured absentee-by-mail ballots and provisional ballots, adding 59 votes for Page and 38 votes for Berger. The machine reading in Rockingham County listed 56 votes...