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November 4, 2008

Democrats win, keep seats in Guilford commissioners races

GREENSBORO - All incumbents won again in the Guilford County Board of Commissioners races, meaning Democrats will keep control of the county's top legislative body for at least two more years. In complete but unofficial returns, Paul Gibson and John Parks... Read More

Garrett, Alexander win school board races

GREENSBORO - The battle for the two contested school board seats ended with a third term for board member Darlene Garrett and a seat for newcomer Sandra Alexander, according to complete but unofficial results. Four other candidates, including two inc... Read More

Triad election parties rejoice as returns come in

GREENSBORO - This was a Barack Obama crowd - with every yell and fist pump. "I'm trying to stay as sober as I can," joked Jacynthia Mitchell, as she waved a group of friends over at Studio B at the Broach Theater on Elm Street. "Even though I want to have... Read More

Perdue elected state's first female governor

RALEIGH (AP) - Beverly Perdue was elected North Carolina's first female governor Tuesday, the daughter of a Virginia coal miner who achieved a decade-old dream by rising through the ranks of the Legislature to the state's top job. Perdue is the two-term l... Read More

One new face to join Rockingham County school board

Voters on Tuesday appeared to return five incumbents and welcome one new member to the Rockingham County Board of Education. All results were unofficial and incomplete Tuesday night. All precincts had reported, but early voting tallies were not complete b... Read More

Cooper defeats Crumley in AG race

RALEIGH (AP) - Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper secured a third four-year term on Tuesday night by defeating Republican Bob Crumley to continue as North Carolina's top law-enforcement officer. The Associated Press called the race for Cooper based on... Read More

Democrats dominate Council of State races

CHARLOTTE (AP) - Democrats rode a wave of partisan support Tuesday night, winning five of six Council of State races and staying close in a sixth contest. Only Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler broke the string of Democratic success, defea... Read More

Sales tax fails a second time in Guilford County

GREENSBORO - For the second time in a year, voters shot down a quarter-cent sales tax proposal in Guilford County. With all of the county's 161 precincts reporting in unofficial results, the referendum failed with 69 percent voting no. "Given the economi... Read More

Congressional incumbents prevail

With most votes counted, all three of Guilford County's U.S. House incumbents were cruising to re-election Tuesday night in unofficial returns. In the 6th Congressional District, Republican Howard Coble was leading challenger Teresa Sue Bratton, 66 perce... Read More

Nonvoters making choices of their own

GREENSBORO - Nathan Steele's brothers might not like it, but he didn't cast a vote for president Tuesday. For Steele, who moved this week to Greensboro from Michigan, politics is just not a passion. He said he just didn't feel comfortable enough with how... Read More

Early voting figures released in Guilford

Democrats are taking the early lead in major races in Guilford County with more than half of the expected vote total counted. Those early vote totals were released when polls closed here at 7:30 p.m. and are expected to make up the majority of all ballots... Read More

1 N.C. precinct extends voting hours

RALEIGH (AP) - Voting hours are being extended at one North Carolina polling place where ballots got stuck in a trunk. State Board of Elections officials in Wake County said they would accept voters until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Barwell Road Community Center... Read More

No serious Election Day problems reported in N.C.

RALEIGH (AP) - Up before dawn to wait in the rain, hundreds of thousands of North Carolina voters headed out Tuesday to cast ballots in what was sure to be a historic Election Day even before the polls opened. There were lines, to be sure, especially in t... Read More

McCain, Obama cast their votes

Republican John McCain showed Election Day optimism by flashing a thumbs-up sign Tuesday after casting his ballot for president at a church near his home in Phoenix. McCain stepped out of a sport-utility vehicle with wife Cindy and son Jimmy as a small cr... Read More

Obama takes early lead in two N.H. towns

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on. Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain... Read More

It’s a Terkel thing: He’d be proud of these voters

Studs Terkel would love today. Particularly here in North Carolina. He’d see record numbers of people going to the polls to vote for our next president. He’d spot lines forming before the sun rises and lines snaking from front doors after the sun sets... Read More

Your election day voting guide

POLL HOURS 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.: Anyone standing in line at 7:30 p.m. will be allowed to vote. To find your precinct, go to guilfordelections.org. BEST TIMES TO VOTE Contrary to what some believe, getting in line first thing in the morning is not the be... Read More

Partisan makeup of NC Supreme Court at stake

CHARLOTTE (AP) - Associate Justice Bob Edmunds edged out Suzanne Reynolds for a seat on the state Supreme Court Tuesday night, winning a race that maintains a Republican edge on the bench despite the fact that partisanship was not a factor. With 98 percen... Read More

Kids take to the polls

If the children of Guilford County had their way, Sen. Barack Obama would lead the nation and Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue would become governor. More than 18,000 young people participated in the local Kids Voting event. The program allowed children in all grades... Read More

Voters get early start at the polls

GREENSBORO — Even before the polls opened at 6:30 a.m. today, the lines were starting to form. At St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in northwest Greensboro, about 80 voters were already waiting in line before the polls opened. It took about an hour t... Read More

Share your voting experience

Tell us how your day at the polls went. What was most important to you on the ballot and why? And how did the process work? Drop us an e-mail, and we'll include a selection of responses in Wednesday's coverage of the elections. Please include your name...... Read More

November 3, 2008

Big lines expected at polls Tuesday

RALEIGH — The process of holding an election is never perfect. Take the voting machine in Guilford County precinct G70 — that’s Washington Elementary School — that was knocked over in 2006. Results from the precinct couldn’t be reported until e... Read More

Obama phones voters during stop in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, campaigning in Charlotte on the eve of a historic election, made a surprise stop Monday to greet volunteers and make phone calls from one of his local field offices. Obama made several phone c... Read More

Illegal immigration final issue in gubernatorial race

RALEIGH (AP) - The campaign for governor between Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory will end in the same way it started - with allegations about illegal immigration. Perdue's campaign began running two radio ads Monday accusing McCrory of being soft on the is... Read More

Candidates make final pitch on election eve

RALEIGH (AP) - With nearly 2.6 million ballots already cast, the candidates at the top of North Carolina's ticket - competing in races that most see as too close to call - traveled across the state Monday in search of voters still making up their minds on... Read More