Some NC bright spots,
Election 2014: Buncombe goes blue as Turner, Ager pull upsets (I am proud to be Buncombe County voter!)
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Election 2014: Buncombe goes blue as Turner, Ager pull upsets
Jason Sandford | November 5, 2014 | Comments (17)
brian_turner_asheville_election_2014 copyBy James Harrison and Jason Sandford
It was a terrible night for Democrats, unless you happened to be one in Buncombe County.
On an evening where political pundits contemplated a Republican wave sweeping the country, representation for the greater Asheville area became awash in shade of deep Democratic blue.
By the time polls closed, most of the county’s GOP faithful had not arrived at their party’s victory bash, held at Off the Wagon Dueling Piano Bar on Market Street. But as the room slowly filled, attendees were greeted with less than welcome news—many of their candidates were getting thumped in early voting returns.
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The mood became dispirited, as candidates fielded by the Buncombe County Republican party failed to win a single seat in races against their Democratic opponents.
Miranda Debruhl, who ran against independent Nancy Waldrop for commission District 3, was the only winner in the room.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/04/4294041_wake-county-commissioners-democrats.html?sp=/99/102/&rh=1
Wake County Commissioners: Democrats sweep four seats
BY MARTHA QUILLIN AND T. KEUNG HUI
mquillin@newsobserver.com khui@newsobserver.comNovember 4, 2014
John Burns
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Democrats swept each of four open seats on the Wake County Board of Commissioners Tuesday, setting the stage for what candidates have said for months will be a shift toward more generous spending on schools and faster action on public transit.
With all 200 precincts reporting, Democrats Sig Hutchinson, Matt Calabria, Jessica Holmes and John Burns each led by at least 9 percentage points. Calabria and Holmes led by double digits.
By defeating all four Republicans on the board — all of whose seats were in play in the elections — Democrats will occupy all seven seats on the board starting in January, and will be able to test their belief that Wake County residents want more government services and are willing to pay for them
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