2008 Primary election - notes & quotes
Final results, excluding provisional ballots are on the BoE website. They're not certified yet, but that's a formality.
On the Republican side, John McCain only polled 75% in Durham County. Alan Keyes was beaten by No Preference. 7129 votes were cast for Republican presidential candidates, 6779 votes for Republican gubernatorial candidates.
Ten times as many Democrats came out to vote, with 70,658 votes being cast in the presidential primary. Mike Gravel got outpolled by No Preference 3-1. The governor's contest attracted 67,000 or so votes. Lt. Governor and Durham DA were the only other races attracting more than 60,000 votes in Durham.
If we take the 70,658 figure as representing all of the Democratic ballots cast, and look at the total number of votes cast in the County Commissioners race, which was 246,945, we find that each voter cast an average of about 3.5 votes for County Commissioner candidates. That tells me that the Durham Committee was pretty effective in its strategy of endorsing only 3 candidates, evidenced by the strong showing of Joe Bowser, who was elected again to the BoCC, after having been rejected by the voters 4 years ago, and Fred Foster, who came within 800 or so votes of nicking the fifth and final seat. Jonathan Alston, who finished 900 or so votes ahead of Leigh Bordley, but without enough votes to avoid a runoff, provides further confirmation of the Committee's effectiveness in this race. It'll be interesting to see how many of those voters will return for the runoff in late June.
A couple of noteworthy comments & rumors heard around various post-mortem parties:
Now that Joe Bowser is back on the County Commission, Mike Ruffin's resignation is already written, and he'll be applying for the City Manager's position.
Tracey Cline's election as Durham DA guarantees that LieStoppers will be around for another four years.
Look for some more election post-mortems, and results and commentary on the statewide races tomorrow. Thank you all for stopping by and driving my traffic through the roof tonight. I hope you enjoyed it. I also want to give a shout-out to the readers i ran into in person tonight at the various parties. I'm not sure how to describe the feeling when i meet someone who says "Hey, I read your blog. I really like XXXXX." But thanks. I appreciate it.
On the Republican side, John McCain only polled 75% in Durham County. Alan Keyes was beaten by No Preference. 7129 votes were cast for Republican presidential candidates, 6779 votes for Republican gubernatorial candidates.
Ten times as many Democrats came out to vote, with 70,658 votes being cast in the presidential primary. Mike Gravel got outpolled by No Preference 3-1. The governor's contest attracted 67,000 or so votes. Lt. Governor and Durham DA were the only other races attracting more than 60,000 votes in Durham.
If we take the 70,658 figure as representing all of the Democratic ballots cast, and look at the total number of votes cast in the County Commissioners race, which was 246,945, we find that each voter cast an average of about 3.5 votes for County Commissioner candidates. That tells me that the Durham Committee was pretty effective in its strategy of endorsing only 3 candidates, evidenced by the strong showing of Joe Bowser, who was elected again to the BoCC, after having been rejected by the voters 4 years ago, and Fred Foster, who came within 800 or so votes of nicking the fifth and final seat. Jonathan Alston, who finished 900 or so votes ahead of Leigh Bordley, but without enough votes to avoid a runoff, provides further confirmation of the Committee's effectiveness in this race. It'll be interesting to see how many of those voters will return for the runoff in late June.
A couple of noteworthy comments & rumors heard around various post-mortem parties:
Now that Joe Bowser is back on the County Commission, Mike Ruffin's resignation is already written, and he'll be applying for the City Manager's position.
Tracey Cline's election as Durham DA guarantees that LieStoppers will be around for another four years.
Look for some more election post-mortems, and results and commentary on the statewide races tomorrow. Thank you all for stopping by and driving my traffic through the roof tonight. I hope you enjoyed it. I also want to give a shout-out to the readers i ran into in person tonight at the various parties. I'm not sure how to describe the feeling when i meet someone who says "Hey, I read your blog. I really like XXXXX." But thanks. I appreciate it.
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2 Comments:
Red meat for LieStoppers!
Dang it.
Can one of our many fine restaurants at least come up with some serving suggestions for LieStoppers' industry of ill will? They are an organization whose sole purpose is to malign, misrepresent and generally cast negative propaganda about Durham. They exceed the specifics of their "case" and have declared all out war on our community. They need their own cookbook.
Then I hope they choke on it.
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Tony, at 6:18 PM
I look forward to seeing Cline deposed. I wonder if she'll continue to lie under oath? If she does, Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury for far less. Two elected Durham criminal DAs in a row. Durham's on a roll.
Since Durham declared all out war on Duke students first, you have no basis for complaint. Durham could have gotten rid of Liestoppers by cleaning up its act and getting rid of the bad actors, but instead has decided to double down on the bet they can get away unpunished.
Suck it up and quit whining. You have it coming.
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Locomotive Breath, at 2:37 PM
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