First NC VOtes.....

[Amish]

5th District

Broyhill 240 Robinson 183 Helvey 119 Foxx 115

Governor

Vinroot 1539 Ballantine 1201 Cobey 1110

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Is this the same Vinroot that ran as the Republican nominee in the last gubernatorial election?

Sorry, but I haven't followed N.C. politics closely since that empty suit John Edwards knocked off Lauch Faircloth back in '98.

Another less than savory character that we can thank Bill Clinton and his shrewish wife for.

[Amish]

Same Vinroot.. in a run off, it would be likely that he would not win...we shall see which of the next two actually end up on top.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I'm all for giving a good candidate a second, or even a third chance.

Heck, Abraham Lincoln was slow out of the gate.

But it seems like an exercise in masochism to keep renominating someone who you are certain will lose the general election.

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 4,110 32%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 3,663 29%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 2,775 22%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 1,153

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Jim Snyder REP 5,367 51%
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Timothy Cook REP 2,809 27%
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Thomas Stith REP 2,281 22%

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 1,240 31%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 997 25%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 770 19%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 410 10%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 388 10%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 82 2%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 46 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 35

[diotima]

GO ROBINSON GO!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Correction:

What I meant to write was "sadism."

Though in this case, it just might be that the voters within the North Carolina Republican Party are intentionally inflicting pain on the rest of the state.

I would have nominated Jesse Helms for the governorship before turning it over to Vinroot once again.

[NeoCaveman]

Why isn't he leading? What's wrong with people?

[The Scourge of Yazid]

I think you'd need to include Richard Bey in any "Where do they find these people?" thread.

Then again, Jerry Springer has his own musical, so he might top Bey-despite his numerous theatrical credits-in terms of sheer star power.

Be thankful that no one is stupid enough to put Springer into office.

Not even his congenitally retarded fan base.

[kcar]

WPTF AM 680 has declared Burr the winner for the Republican Senate race. Also, Mike Sleasley as Rat gubernatorial candidate.

Low turnout - so the detremined determine.

[kcar]

err, typ, s/h/b "determined determine".

[kcar]

Ballantine leading above 40%. Hard of hearing but that's what I think 680 just said.

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 1,616 27%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 1,377 23%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 1,268 21%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 717 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 689 11%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 238 4%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 72 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 87 1%

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 9,069 33%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 7,711 28%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 6,356 23%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 2,400 9%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 1,146 4%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 1,041 4%

[kcar]

Okay, Ballantine in lead for #2 and Vinroot well below 40% - works for me.

Where do you get your stats? Please share. Thx!

[Amish]

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 13,370 32%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 11,325 27%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 9,528 23%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 3,519 8%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 2,343 6%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 1,612 4%

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 3,357 28%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 3,110 26%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 2,547 22%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 1,314 11%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 1,080 9%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 131 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 146 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 154

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 17,577 32%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 14,791 27%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 13,658 24%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 4,792 9%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 3,007 5%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 1,949 3%



US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 3,394 30%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 2,441 21%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 1,992 17%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 1,533 13%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 1,414 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 424 4%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 111 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 158 1

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 5,332 26%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 4,992 24%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 4,397 21%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Jay Helvey REP 2,403 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 2,475 12%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Joseph H. (Joe) Byrd REP 564 3%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 David Stephen Vanhoy REP 194 1%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Edward L. (Ed) Powell REP 274 1%

Vernon bumps up a bit...

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 21,662 30%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 19,267 27%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 17,468 25%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 6,557 9%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 3,943 6%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 2,311

[NeoCaveman]

What percent of the vote is in?

[jern]

amish, update your profile with your state, so you can access the "NC" forum

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 4,859 25%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 4,967 25%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 4,484 23%

Foxx is dropping.. Vernon is coming up..

The Sec of State Web site doesn't say the % that is in, but there were about 424,000 votes in the 2002 GOP Senate race state wide, and so far the total in the Gov Race is about 84,000 so you might guess we're at something like 23% in.

[NeoCaveman]

Thanks Amish.

[Amish]

You are welcome

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 5,486 27%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 4,515 22%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 4,001 20%

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 5,177 25%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 4,903 24%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 4,954 24%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Nathan Tabor REP 2,798 13%

Vernon is almost in 2nd!

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 29,224 29%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 27,708 28%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 25,909 26%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 8,085 8%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 5,765 6%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 3,209

Still a tight three way in the Gov race--

[NeoCaveman]

Robinson closes in, less than 300 votes less than leader

[diotima]

I think its going to be Vernon and Broyhill.

[NeoCaveman]

Is that a better matchup than Foxx? Is it just me or does Virginia Foxx sound like a name for a porno actress?

[diotima]

LOL!

[Amish]

The gap grows again:

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 6,273 27%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 5,593 24%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 4,964 22%

And for Governor:

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 42,791 31%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 38,629 28%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 34,353 25%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 9,792 7%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 7,167 5%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 4,468

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Jim Snyder REP 55,030 52%
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Timothy Cook REP 29,599 28%
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Thomas Stith REP 20,375 19%

And for the 13th District:

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 13 Virginia Johnson REP 1,942 57%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 13 Graham Boyd REP 1,483 43%

[Amish]

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Virginia Foxx REP 7,764 26%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Ed Broyhill REP 7,099 24%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 5 Vernon L. Robinson REP 5,755 20%

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 48,716 31%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 44,811 28%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 40,515 26%

US CONGRESS DISTRICT 10 David Huffman REP 7,958 33%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 10 Patrick McHenry REP 7,143 29%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 10 Sandy Lyons REP 5,399 22%
US CONGRESS DISTRICT 10 George A. Moretz REP 3,833 16%

[diotima]

Thanks for posting this, the website is very slow.

[kcar]

Ditto, thx.

[dfergu7477]

diotima, I have these results, from here:

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/special_edition/election_returns/?Office=U%2ES%2E+House&county=1

Why the difference? (I'm from Illinois and don't know NC politics.)

House GOP

U.S. House GOP District 5

Virginia Foxx GOP 6,963 24%
Ed Broyhill GOP 6,207 22%
Vernon Robinson GOP 6,150 22%
Jay Helvey GOP 3,776 13%
Nathan Tabor GOP 3,548 12%
Joe Byrd GOP 1,186 4%
Ed Powell GOP 387 1%
David Vanhoy GOP 225 1%

136 of 247 precincts reporting (55%)

[diotima]

WOW! Thanks! Good news for Vernon too!

[Dan from Michigan]

Has Winston-Salem reported?

[diotima]

I can't tell from the website I'm monitoring. I'm not in NC so I don't get any local news.

[dfergu7477]

I don't know, either. I'm in Illinois

[Dan from Michigan]

If Winston-Salem hasn't, Vernon Robinson will likely have a big push since that's his home base.

[diotima]

U.S. House GOP District 5


Virginia Foxx GOP 7,744 24%

Vernon Robinson GOP 7,181 22%

Ed Broyhill GOP 7,132 22%

Nathan Tabor GOP 4,245 13%

Jay Helvey GOP 4,063 13%

Joe Byrd GOP 1,229 4%

Ed Powell GOP 432 1%

David Vanhoy GOP 260 1%


156 of 247 precincts reporting (63%)

[dfergu7477]

U.S. House GOP

U.S. House GOP District 5

Virginia Foxx GOP 7,744 24%
Vernon Robinson GOP 7,181 22%
Ed Broyhill GOP 7,132 22%
Nathan Tabor GOP 4,245 13%
Jay Helvey GOP 4,063 13%
Joe Byrd GOP 1,229 4%
Ed Powell GOP 432 1%
David Vanhoy GOP 260 1%

156 of 247 precincts reporting (63%)

[dfergu7477]

'Ya beat me!

[diotima]

Yes, but yours is prettier....

[dfergu7477]

BTW, I should know this, but is this a run-off situation? I think it's the top two if no one gets 50%. do you know if that's correct?

[dfergu7477]

U.S. House GOP


U.S. House GOP District 5


Virginia Foxx GOP 9,103 24%

Vernon Robinson GOP 8,519 22%

Ed Broyhill GOP 8,423 22%

Jay Helvey GOP 5,053 13%

Nathan Tabor GOP 4,765 13%

Joe Byrd GOP 1,290 3%

Ed Powell GOP 576 2%

David Vanhoy GOP 347 1%


170 of 247 precincts reporting (69%)

[dfergu7477]

Beat you this time; must be stopping to make it prettier slows things down... {;- )

[dfergu7477]

U.S. House GOP


U.S. House GOP District 5


Virginia Foxx GOP 10,137 25%

Ed Broyhill GOP 9,181 22%

Vernon Robinson GOP 8,916 22%

Jay Helvey GOP 5,333 13%

Nathan Tabor GOP 5,220 13%

Joe Byrd GOP 1,319 3%

Ed Powell GOP 629 2%

David Vanhoy GOP 371 1%


198 of 247 precincts reporting (80%)

[dfergu7477]

Results seem to be coming in quickly now...

[dfergu7477]

U.S. House GOP


U.S. House GOP District 5


Virginia Foxx GOP 10,189 25%

Ed Broyhill GOP 9,190 22%

Vernon Robinson GOP 8,939 22%

Jay Helvey GOP 5,338 13%

Nathan Tabor GOP 5,224 13%

Joe Byrd GOP 1,321 3%

Ed Powell GOP 630 2%

David Vanhoy GOP 371 1%


201 of 247 precincts reporting (81%)

[Amish]

GOVERNOR Richard Vinroot REP 72,962 31%
GOVERNOR Patrick J. Ballantine REP 64,507 28%
GOVERNOR Bill Cobey REP 60,367 26%
GOVERNOR Dan Barrett REP 13,921 6%
GOVERNOR Fern H. Shubert REP 10,237 4%
GOVERNOR George W. Little REP 9,707

[diotima]

I had to go start dinner...but I'm back!