Municipal Election Day: a sneak peak at a few races of interest
Tuesday, November 7, is Municipal Election Day with North Carolina voters in 465 municipalities across 86 counties heading to the polls.
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Tuesday, November 7, is Municipal Election Day with North Carolina voters in 465 municipalities across 86 counties heading to the polls.
Congressional redistricting is on the U.S. Supreme Court docket in December, with North Carolina front and center. Moore v. Harper will decide whether the state Supreme Court can strike down congressional maps that have been gerrymandered by the state legislature. The eventual ruling could have enormous ramifications for the entire country.
Greensboro Councilmember Justin Outling isn't ready to give up his bid for mayor after Tuesday's results found him narrowly trailing incumbent Nancy Vaughan.Outling and Vaughan's contest was the closest of the night. By the time the precinct votes were counted, Vaughan was ahead by just over 400 votes. That was enough though to give her more than a 1 percent margin of victory, the threshold for Outling to call for a recount.
WFMY News 2 spoke with experts about a tight Mayor Race that leaves Mayor Nancy Vaughan as the projected winner.
TRIAD — Trends that materialize among the winners and losers in the Republican and Democratic primaries in Tuesday’s election and how many voters turn out may give an indication of