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November 9, 2008

Glass ceiling's broken, faith in U.S. renewed

Greensboro’s Henry Frye was once denied the right to vote because of so-called “literacy” tests. He was the first African American in the 20th century to be elected to the state legislature and the first to hold a seat on the state Supreme Court and... Read More

November 8, 2008

Voterspeak: Parting thoughts on the election

Throughout the election, the News & Record’s Voterspeak panel debated issues such as how they felt about city bonds and moves they would make in a presidential campaign. They asked questions of candidates for governor and senator. They researche... Read More

November 6, 2008

Dole has no plans to end work as public servant

RALEIGH (AP) - Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole's 40-year tenure in the nation's capital took her from the inner circles of presidents to leading the American Red Cross. Now ousted from Congress, she's been left to plot the next chapter in one of Washington... Read More

AP calls N.C. for Obama

RALEIGH (AP) - Barack Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a symbolic triumph for the president-elect that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue. The Associated Press declared Obama... Read More

News & Record prints more copies of Wednesday's front section

The News & Record printed about 10,000 extra copies of Wednesday's front section. The copies will be available Thursday for 50 cents at some stores and at the News & Record's office at 200 E. Market Street in downtown Greensboro. The News & Re... Read More

Don’t let us down, Mr. President-elect

Congrats, Barack Obama. You’ve made history. Now, the hard work starts. You’ve inherited two unpopular wars, a growing national debt and a weak economy. And you step into the White House to run a country that fights with itself over almost everything. Read More

Strategy plays part in passing bond for pool

GREENSBORO — For the aquatics center, it was sink or swim. But would it survive voters, who twice turned down other pool projects? The conundrum had a simple solution: Bank on the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department brand — and keep quiet about... Read More

Aggressive campaign puts Hagan in Senate

GREENSBORO — Kay Hagan is not one given to self-doubt or fits of tortured introspection, at least not in front of reporters. The Greensboro Democrat, and U.S. senator-elect, developed a reputation as doggedly on-message and self-assured during her 10 y... Read More

Great expectations: Obama now under pressure to deliver

WASHINGTON — Over and over, Barack Obama told voters that if they stuck with him, “we will change this country and change the world.” They did, and now their expectations for him to deliver are firmly planted on his shoulders. Read More

Early voting picked winners

GREENSBORO — The result of every race but one in Guilford County was accurately predicted by early-voting results released as polls closed Election Day. As an exit poll, those figures proved more dead-on than many of the ways that politicians, media com... Read More

It’s Thursday, right? No, Dot Kearns Day

Wednesday morning was bittersweet for Guilford County school board member Dot Kearns. The longtime Democrat was excited to see her party's sweeping victories - but it also marked the beginning of the end for Kearns, who did not run for re-election. Former... Read More

Commission seats go to Democrats

WENTWORTH - Oh, what a difference 18,000 votes make. Incomplete election returns on Tuesday night showed three Republicans slightly ahead in the race for the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners, but the reverse was true once early voting tallies were... Read More

November 5, 2008

After election, N.C. no longer a red state

RALEIGH (AP) - Don't call North Carolina a red state anymore. Whether this year's election marked a permanent or temporary turning point toward the Democrats, the results indicate just how much North Carolina has changed in the six years since arch conser... Read More

3 winners named in Rockingham board race

WENTWORTH - Democrats Harold Bass, Tommy Flynt and James Kallam have prevailed in the race for the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners. Tallies show Bass as the top vote getter with 17.2 percent of the vote. Flynt and Kallam followed with 17.1 percen... Read More

Guilford school board members lay out first 90 days

The next 90 days will be busy ones for the three newly elected school board members. Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green and board Chairman Alan Duncan welcomed Carlvena Foster, Sandra Alexander and Paul Daniels to the board Wednesday morning during a press... Read More

Man walks across U.S. collecting messages for the president

GREENSBORO - If you see a man with a sign walking with a pack along U.S. 29 this afternoon, stop him. He's B.J. Hill, a 32 year-old man from Massachusetts who is hiking across the United States with a message. Or hundreds of messages, for the president-el... Read More

N.C. turnout high, despite rain

RALEIGH (AP) - Thanks to the rain, or maybe the intensely focused efforts of campaign partisans, North Carolina's overall voter turnout wasn't quite as high as expected. But it was a record nonetheless. Unofficial results from Tuesday's election show more... Read More

'Expression tunnel' repainted after comments about Obama

RALEIGH (AP) - Officials at North Carolina State University are working to figure out who wrote disparaging comments about President-elect Barack Obama in a tunnel designated for free speech. N.C. State police Capt. Jon Barnwell said someone used spray pa... Read More

Greensboro voters approve three bond initiatives

GREENSBORO - Greensboro residents voted for new roads, a competitive swimming pool and housing programs. But they turned down plans to renovate War Memorial Auditorium. Three of the city's four bond questions passed with comfortable leads. Election result... Read More

Hagan wins election to U.S. Senate

GREENSBORO - Democrat Kay Hagan, often described as a "little-known" state senator by national media, defeated one of the lions of the Republican Party Tuesday night, unseating U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole. Incomplete and unofficial returns showed Hagan winn... Read More

Follow our election coverage

Links to all the News & Record's election coverage, from Kay Hagan's win in the U.S. Senate to the approval of several bonds in Greensboro. U.S. Obama becomes first black president Video: Obama's acceptance speech Read More

Obama triumphs, will be first black US president

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. "Change has come," he told to a huge throng of jubilant supporter... Read More

November 4, 2008

Vaughan victorious in state Senate race

GREENSBORO - Kay Hagan's run for the U.S. Senate guaranteed at least one change in Raleigh: a new state senator from Greensboro. And that state senator is Democrat Don Vaughan. Vaughan took 70.1 percent of the vote and defeated Republican Joe Wilson in th... Read More

Dalton captures lieutenant governor's race

RALEIGH (AP) - Walter Dalton has helped the Democrats hold on to the lieutenant governor's office. Dalton defeated Republican candidate Robert Pittenger and Libertarian candidate Philip Rhodes on Tuesday night in the race to replace Beverly Perdue as the... Read More

Two newcomers join incumbents on High Point City Council

HIGH POINT - Voters in High Point chose some newcomers in three contested races for the City Council. Ward 2 featured the most hotly contested race, with five candidates vying for the seat. Business owner Foster Douglas led the pack with 30 percent of the... Read More