Archive for the 'North Carolina' Category
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
It’s been 4 days since Election Day. I haven’t updated the Elections Page, but I will. There’s just been a lot to process (politically and otherwise) for me.
Senator Barack Obama won by a pretty large margin (his 53% to McCain’s 46%). Check out President-Elect Obama’s Transition Office’s website for more information on his transition staff and [...]
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
President: Obama and McCain still tied at 49% in NC. CNN has announced that Obama should have the electoral votes to be elected President of the US.
Pat McCrory conceded the governor contest.
Larry Kissell was elected in NC-08.
Council of State races are trending Democratic, except Labor (Cherie Berry is leading) and Agriculture (Troxley is leading [...]
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
We all know Tuesday is Election Day here in the U.S. I’m sure it’s an election that the world will be watching, as well as very nervous Americans.
I’ll be posting frequent updates here (probably every half-hour to hour) and will be Twittering updates as well.
The races I’ll be paying particular attention to are:
President of the [...]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
I’m recovering from the end of a four-day weekend (AM and I took Thursday and Friday off, as well as the standard Saturday/Sunday weekend).
We got Dexter neutered and had his shots updated.
We voted. Early voting is really easy and takes very little time. There really is no excuse, folks. Please, go vote.
We set up AM’s bike so [...]
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
North Carolina’s early voting period begins Thursday (October 16th).
The Onslow County Board of Elections will have four sites maintained for the early voting period:
Jacksonville Commons Rec. Center
Swansboro Middle School Annex
Tar Landing Baptist Church
Verona Fire Station
These locations will be open from 8:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays and on Saturday (November 1st) from 8:00am to 1:00pm. [...]
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Below is my letter requesting that the four elected representatives from Onslow County (State Senator Harry Brown (NC Sen 6) and State Representatives Russell Tucker (NC House 4), George Cleveland (NC House 14) and Robert Grady (NC House 15)) work with their colleagues in the NC General Assembly and the North Carolina Department of Transportation [...]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
‘Cuz he’s been embarrassing North Carolina’s Third District.
Technorati Tags: Craig Weber,NC-03,NC 3rd Congressional District,U.S. House of Representatives,2008 Elections,North Carolina Democratic Party,Democrats,Politics
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
If you missed (as did I) yesterday’s NC Senatorial forum at Atlantic Beach, UNC-TV will be replaying the forum at 2pm this afternoon.
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