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Troxler Growing Frustrated With State Ag Controversy Troxler Asks Judge To Find Elections Board In Contempt Of Court POSTED: 3:56 pm EST January 31, 2005 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Most political races have a winner and a loser. Republican Challenger Steve Troxler leads the state agriculture commissioner race over Democrat Britt Cobb, but with more than 4,400 votes lost in Carteret County because of a voting machine malfunction, the race is still up in the air. . Attorneys for Troxler said they are losing patience. On Jan. 12, the judge overruled a decision by the State Board of Elections calling for...

Troxler Appeals New Statewide Election for Ag Race By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press (01/05/05 - RALEIGH) — As expected, the fight over the agriculture commissioner's post is back in the courts. Republican agriculture commissioner candidate Steve Troxler filed an appeal Tuesday in Wake County Superior Court asking a judge to block a new statewide election and name him the winner of the Nov. 2 race. The State Board of Elections ordered the election last week because the number of missing ballots in Carteret County after a voting machine malfunction exceeded Troxler's 2,287-vote margin over Democrat Britt Cobb. In...