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I still can't get over the race for the at-large seat on the County Commissioners. I'm sure no-one was surprised that Bernadette Pelissier won the primary handily. She was a well-qualified and well-organized candidate, and I think she'll be a great addition to the Board. Neloa Jones had very little name recognition, and even less resources to back up her campaign. I was quite impressed with her 20% showing. It demonstrated some real voter concern about the landfill and the racial justice issues that she raised.
But what really shocked me was the nearly 30% voting for Mary Wolff. This was a candidate that had almost no visible campaign other than the ambigious yard signs that will presumably be recycled in the fall for her husband's Republican run for the same seat. Having never heard of her before, and knowing that the Wolffs just moved to the community 3 years ago, I wrote her candidacy off. My expectations were quite wrong, so I decided to dig deeper into these results...
Hello Folks,
My name is Nick Auten. I am a Carrboro resident
and am a volunteer for the Hampton Dellinger Lieutenant Gubernatorial
campaign in Orange County. Today, many of us will have our
precinct meetings that will kick off our collective preparation for the
2008 Primaries on May 6th. I am very excited and optimistic for
the advancement of progressive policies at a federal, state, and local
level this election cycle!
We
have some good Democratic
candidates to choose from for the Lt. Governor's race. I would
like to give you some weblinks that have some content about
Hampton Dellinger for you to read and also tell you about some
organizations that
feel the same way that I do about his candidacy: that Hampton Dellinger is the most
electable progressive on the ticket.
Al Gore supports Dellinger's environmental stances: http://www.charlotte.com/politics/story/491485.html
AFL-CIO endorses Dellinger: http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/afl_cio_endorses_dellinger
NARAL Pro-Choice NC endorses Dellinger: http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/naral_endorses_dellinger
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