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68 percent of Durham County voted for John Kerry in 2004 and, as Christine Hall reported, this was the strongest Democratic support of any N.C. County. This year Durham County residents showed even stronger support for Barack Obama, backing him with 75.8 percent of the vote.
Yadkin County, as Ryan Brown reported, was North Carolina’s strongest Republican county in the 2004 presidential race. This year Yadkin supported McCain with 72.8 percent.
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Fox News has projected that Lt. Gov. Democrat Bev Perdue has defeated Republican Pat McCrory and Libertarian Michael Munger to become the next Governor of North Carolina.
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Elliot Keever - Zachary Tracer/The Chronicle
Elliot Keever, 9, prays for Sen. John McCain’s victory while watching State Sen. Kay Hagan’s victory speech.
No Crowd - Zachary Tracer/The Chronicle
At another TV, the crowds moved to the food tables once Hagan’s victory speech came on.
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The New York Times has called Democratic incumbent David Price winning 65 percent of the vote against Republican candidate B.J. Lawson. Price would serve his 11th term in Congress.
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Sen. Elizabeth Dole, Woman’s College ‘58, just finished delivering her concession speech in Salisbury, N.C. She spoke about how she was not a politician “by choice” and never felt completely comfortable fraternizing with the boys in the cloak room. She said she was disappointed by the negative tone of her race against state Sen. Kay Hagan of Greensboro, but she congratulated the Democrat on her victory.
“Sen. Dole can rest with great assurance as she returns to her civilian life, a normal life, that she has served her country and her fellow man very well,” said N.C. Republican Party Chairman Linda Daves to the crowd here after the speech.
