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North Carolina Primary Results

May 7, 2008

Before sending off my absentee ballot in March, I took photos of each side of the filled-in ballot so that I could remember who I voted for and compare my votes with the final results.

Contest

My Vote

Winning Candidate

Match

Presidential Preference

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Y

US Senate

Kay Hagan

Kay Hagan

Y

Governor

Bev Purdue

Bev Purdue

Y

Lieutenant Governor

Hampton Dellinger

Walter H. Dalton

N

Auditor

Beth A. Wood

Beth A. Wood

Y

Commissioner of Insurance

David C. Smith

Wayne Goodwin

N

Commissioner of Labor

Mary Fant Donnan

Mary Fant Donnan

Y

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Eddie Davis

June St. Clair Atkinson

N

Treasurer

Janet Cowell

Janet Cowell

Y

Court of Appeals Judge

James A. Wynn

James A. Wynn

Y

District Court of Appeals

Sam J. Ervin, IV

Sam J. Ervin, IV

Y

District Court Judge District 10

Anna Elena Worley

Anna Elena Worley

Y

Frankly, I'm quite pleased with 75% of my votes winning.

Strangely, the Commissioner of Labor contest was incredibly close. Of more than a million votes, the final breakdown was

Mary Fant Donnan

333688

27.56%

Ty Richardson

290926

24.03%

Robin Anderson

292002

24.12%

John C. Brooks

294111

24.29%

That's seriously close. Mary Fant Donnan won by fewer than 39,577 votes from the runner-up and only 42,762 votes from the candidate that got the fewest votes. Amazing!

Obama gave another one of his speeches. The first time we heard one of these, we were all amazed, but now it more like, "Yeah, so Picasso painted another masterpiece...ho..hum...".

Go Barack!