Last night was a weird night. Some races went totally sideways, some were blow outs and others were close.
Via the NC State Board of Elections, the GOP Presidential Race is below.
Note that not all races are 100% official yet.
Choice |
Total Votes |
Percent |
Election Day |
Absentee One-Stop |
Absentee By-Mail |
Provisional |
Donald J. Trump |
458233 |
40.24% |
326270 |
124899 |
6947 |
117 |
Ted Cruz |
418783 |
36.77% |
313870 |
99923 |
4916 |
74 |
John R. Kasich |
144355 |
12.68% |
107233 |
34985 |
2105 |
32 |
Marco Rubio |
87864 |
7.71% |
55845 |
28823 |
3146 |
50 |
Ben Carson |
10914 |
0.96% |
7401 |
3153 |
353 |
7 |
No Preference |
6021 |
0.53% |
4189 |
1667 |
163 |
2 |
Jeb Bush |
3841 |
0.34% |
2726 |
910 |
204 |
1 |
Mike Huckabee |
3076 |
0.27% |
2250 |
755 |
68 |
3 |
Rand Paul |
2708 |
0.24% |
2068 |
595 |
44 |
1 |
Chris Christie |
1245 |
0.11% |
885 |
325 |
35 |
0 |
Carly Fiorina |
919 |
0.08% |
675 |
229 |
15 |
0 |
Rick Santorum |
656 |
0.06% |
484 |
159 |
13 |
0 |
Jim Gilmore |
261 |
0.02% |
185 |
71 |
5 |
0 |
I’ll post some more NC race results from some of the key races and races I’ve been writing about, but first a few stats.
Turnout
2012 Turnout: 35% (2,300,955 out of 6,511,143)
2016 Turnout: 35% (2,182,675 out of 6,296,759)
Biggest Returns
These two are significant because they are considered “purple” counties and also have large populations.
Wake County: Cruz won by over 12,00o votes
| Trump 35,174 | Cruz 48,462 | Kasich 21,622 | Rubio 12,343 |
Mecklenburg County: Trump won by just 1,974 votes
| Trump 28,531 | Cruz 26,557 | Kasich 19,991 | Rubio 10,598 |
Races We’ve Been Watching
Governor
Pat McCory (R, Incumbent) won with 81.76% of the vote.
Roy Cooper (D) won with 68.77% of the vote.
Senate (R)
Richard Burr 621,844 (61.41%)
Greg Brannon 254,944 (25.18%)
Paul Wright 85,892 (8.48%)
Larry Holmquist 49,981 (4.94%)
Senate (D)
Deborah K. Ross 607,764 (62.38%)
Chris Rey 160,672 (16.49%)
Kevin D. Griffin 114,201 (11.72%)
Ernest T. Reeves 91,718 (9.41%)
The ConnectNC Bond Referendum
It passed with 1,401,801 votes or 65.56%.
Voting No on the bond were 736,488 votes or 34.44%.
NC House 82
Larry Pittman 5,608 (52.77%)
Michael Fischer 5,019 (47.23%)
NC House 20
Holly Grange 7,128 (62.00%)
Tammy Covil 4,369 (38.00%)
NC Senate 48
Chuck Edwards 16,602 (56.23%)
Lisa Baldwin 9,988 (33.83%)
Dennis Justice 2,935 (9.94%)
NC Superintendent
NC Incumbent June Atkinson beat her Democrat opponent by a wide margin.
June Atkinson 768,223 (79.85%)
Henry J. Pankey 193,867 (20.15%)
Republicans for Superintendent
Mark Johnson 438,166 (53.39%)
Rosemary Stein 269,464 (32.83%)
J. Wesley Sills 113,133 (13.78%)
Other Council of State Race Primary winners:
Lt. Governor – Linda Coleman (D)
Attorney General – Buck Newton (R), Josh Stein (D)
Agriculture – Steve Troxler
Insurance – Mike Causey
Labor – Charles Meeker
Sec. of State – Michael LaPaglia
Treasurer – Dan Blue
View all the races at the NC State Board of Elections.
Goes to show how money determines who wins in most cases. The people who are close to education, for example, wanted Rosemary Stein. She was the solid candidate and the guy who won was really and almost literally a weasel with money. He treats his wife horribly (we saw it), he lies and he’s a plant from special interests. But, he had money backers who helped get the word out. The robotic replies from his supporters were just quotes from his mailers. They couldn’t use anything else to argue why he was superior. Sounds like Bernie voters to me. He’s been supported to assure that the one threat to the ideology of June Atkinson is eliminated. We’re still fans of Rosemary Stein. Read her book: http://amzn.com/0692635785 You’ll see where NC chose the inferior product.