http://election.encblogs.com Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:46:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It took 2 days, but North Carolina's presidential selection has finally been called. The Associated Press declared Barack Obama the winner over challenger John McCain after determining the number of outstanding provisional ballots was not enough for McCain to close a 13,693-vote deficit. It's kinda crazy -- we finally get to play on ... http://election.encblogs.com/?p=71 A democratic organizer talks with Onslow County Commissioner hopeful Ernie Wright after news of his loss: http://election.encblogs.com/?p=69 John Burns (DEM) 7.75% 14,979 Tony Padgett (DEM) 10.71% 20,681 William T. Rouse, Jr. (DEM) 6.94% 13,405 Don Sweeting (DEM) 8.85% 17,104 Ernie Wright (DEM) 9.54% 18,434 Paul Buchanan (REP) 10.98% 21,207 Barbara Melton Ikner (REP) 11.86% 22,918 W.C. Jarman (REP) 11.36% 21,948 Bill Keller (REP) 11.03% 21,296 Lionell Midgett (REP) 10.97% 21,186       193,158 http://election.encblogs.com/?p=68 Absentee ballots appear to have bumped Padgett out of the top five and Paul Buchanan is in... http://election.encblogs.com/?p=67 North Carolina split almost exactly down the middle in the presidential vote. With 95 of 100 counties reporting, Obama/Biden have 49.49 percent of the votes, while McCain/Palin have 49.59 percent. Nationally, McCain didn't do so well. All the major networks have projected that Barack Obama has won the presidency, and ... http://election.encblogs.com/?p=66 There are 2,348 absentee ballots being counted at the Onslow County Board of Elections according to reports. http://election.encblogs.com/?p=65 All 24 precincts in Onslow County are now reporting. Unofficial results for the Onslow County Comissioners five spots are: Barbar Ikner (R) with 11.75 - 21,508 W.C. Jarman (R) with 11.24 - 20,578 Bill Keller (R) with 10.88 - 19,914 Tony Padgett (D) with 10.86 - 19,878 Lionell Midgett (R) with 10.84 - 19,831 Official results will ... http://election.encblogs.com/?p=64 Reporters interview Bill Keller and Tony Padgett after they hear the news: http://election.encblogs.com/?p=62 According to the unofficial results, it looks like Barbara Melton Ikner, W.C. Jarman, Bill Keller, Tony Padgett and Lionell Midgett are the new Onslow County commissioners. http://election.encblogs.com/?p=61 President: Obama/Biden: 39.4% (18,610 votes) McCain/Palin: 59.78% (28,240) Barr/Root: 0.55% (258) U.S. Senate Kay Hagan: 44.1% (20,478 votes) Elizabeth Dole: 51.3% (23,824) Christopher Cole: 4.54% (2,108) House District 3 Craig Weber: 36.68% (16,727 votes) Walter Jones: 63.32% (28,877) Governor Bev Perdue: 50.75 % (23,514 votes) Pat McCrory: 45.24% (20,962) Michael Munger: 4.01% (1,856) Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton: 45% (20,249 votes) Robert Pittenger: 50.84% (22,877) Phillip Rhodes: 4.16% (1,873) County ... http://election.encblogs.com/?p=60