HIckory’s Daniel Johnson is viewed as the Democrats’ best hope in years to break through and end Republican domination in the 10th Congressional District.
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Congressional candidate Steve Ivester issued the following statement this morning following his loss to Daniel Johnson.
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Congressional candidate Daniel Johnson issued the following statement Tuesday night following his primary victory.
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From Staff Reports
Hillary Clinton defied the statewide trend in Catawba County in Tuesday’s primary and outpolled Barack Obama.
With all 40 precincts reporting, her vote total in the Democratic presidential primary was 9,746 to Obama’s 7,251. Obama, however, swept the state’s nominating votes.
John McCain and Elizabeth Dole handily won the support of Catawba County voters as expected in Tuesday’s primary.
McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, received 10,377 votes. His nearest challenger, Mike Huckabee, got 1,843 votes.
Dole, running against a virtual unknown for U.S. Senate, got 12,577 votes in Catawba County.
She will face Democrat Kay Hagen, a runaway winner, in the November election.
Catawba County Republican voters also favored Pat McCrory for governor, Robert Pittinger for lieutenant governor, Richard Morgan for superintendent of public instruction, Jim Wynn and Sam Ervin IV for the N.C. Court of Appeals, and Gary Dellinger for N.C. District Court.
Democrats in Catawba County went for Beverly Perdue for governor, Walter Dalton for lieutenant governor, Beth Wood for state auditor, David Smith for commissioner of insurance, Mary Fant Donnan for commissioner of labor, June St. Clair Atkinson for superintendent of public instruction, and Janet Cowell for state treasurer.
Click below for HDR reporter Dee Henry’s article of voter reaction from Tuesday’s election.
Could N.C. Sen. Austin Allran be unbeatable?
The 15-term North Carolina legislator defeated Catawba County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Kitty Barnes Tuesday with by a convincing 2-to-1 margin. With great name recognition and a base of support throughout Catawba County, Barnes appeared to be Allran’s most serious threat to date.
But longtime politician used his usual grassroots support to easily brush off Barnes’ challenge.
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There were no surprises tonight.
U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, N.C. Sen. Austin Allran and two Catawba County Board of Commisssioners defeated primary challengers Tuesday.
This is the story for Wednesday’s print edition (minus an obvious error regarding re-election in the second paragraph).
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