Elections
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The Orange County Democratic Women will host a screening of the documentary "Running in Heels" at 7:30 p.m. June 1.
State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, Orange County Commissioner Alice Gordon and other notables will be in attendance for a discussion of the challenges facing women running for office. The screening will be held in the SunTrust boardroom at the Meadowmont Exchange Building. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Katrina Ryan at 967-9623.
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Actually, I'm confused. Running in Heels was a Women Against Bush effort in 2004. "Running in High Heels" is a film about women running for office. Anyway, it's more like Running in Birkenstocks round these parts. ;-)
These maps of the race for county commissioner are based on the unofficial results from the Orange County Board of Elections (May 2, 2006).
[Scroll down or widen your browser if you don't see the maps. -Ed.]
Individual candidate maps are available here. They include charts that show the five best and five worst precincts for each candidate. I'm sure someone will have something insightful to say about all of this. Direct links are as follows:
And the winners are:
County Commissioner (3 seats available)
Candidate Votes Percent
Barry Jacobs 6446 25.40%
Alice Gordon 6314 24.88%
Mike Nelson 5100 20.09%
Fred Battle 3934 15.50%
Betty Tom Phelps Davidson 1748 6.89%
Robin Cutson 1189 4.68%
Artie L. Franklin 651 2.56%
Superior Court Judge District 15B (2 seats available, 4 primary winners)
Candidate Votes (Orange/Chatham) Percent
Carl R. Fox 11345 (7066/4279) 36.64%
Adam Stein 6505 (4817/1688) 21.01%
Chuck Anderson 5145 (2863/2282) 16.62%
Allen Baddour 4736 (2577/2159) 15.30%
Michael W. Patrick 2031 (1300/732) 6.56%
Kenneth B. Oettinger 1197 (784/413) 3.87%
Orange County School Board (4 seats available)
Candidate Votes Percent
Susan Hallman 2819 22.94%
Debbie Piscitelli 2496 20.31%
Ted Triebel 2467 20.07%
Anne Medenblik 2378 19.35%
Tony McKnight 2035 16.56%
WCHL 1360 AM and WCOM 103.5 FM will both be covering the local elections today and tonight.
First, at 12:30 this afternoon, WCHL will have a midday update on how turnout looks and how the new voting technology is working. Through the afternoon WCHL will also be having further updates during breaks in their programming.
At 8 PM, WCOM will be covering the election with host Triangle Slim and special guest appearances from some local pundits (including some possibly familiar names from OP). Tune in to hear the early returns and analysis.
Then at 9 PM, WCHL will have its election night special coverage of both the Orange County races AND the Chatham County primaries.
Also note, News 14 Carolina on cable television will be having live coverage of 17 races from around central and eastern North Carolina and will be reporting on a total of 74 different races with an on-screen ticker and other updates. Their coverage will start at 7:30 PM and run until 10 or 11 PM.
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