
{"id":13594,"date":"2010-11-04T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=13594"},"modified":"2010-11-04T08:38:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T16:38:02","slug":"big-night-for-the-gop-%e2%80%94-except-in-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/11\/04\/big-night-for-the-gop-%e2%80%94-except-in-orange-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Big night for the GOP \u00e2\u20ac\u201d except in Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_13606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13606\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2010\/11\/04\/big-night-for-the-gop-%e2%80%94-except-in-orange-county\/vote110410a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13606\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vote110410a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vote110410a\" width=\"400\" height=\"435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vote110410a.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vote110410a-113x122.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vote110410a-103x113.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vote110410a-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/vote110410a-73x80.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidate Elaine Marshall greets the Democratic Party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chris Calloway at Carrboro Elementary. Photo by Kirk Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure><em>By Kirk Ross, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every election makes a little bit of history. Some are historic.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s election fell into the latter category, with Republicans taking control of both houses of the North Carolina legislature for the first time since 1898.<\/p>\n<p>The unofficial house tally shows 67 seats for the GOP and 53 seats for Democrats in the house \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a swing of 15 seats \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and a 28 to 22 majority in the Senate, a pickup of eight seats.<\/p>\n<p>That shift brought about the end of Rep. Joe Hackney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tenure as House Speaker. Hackney won his race against Republican Cathy Wright with 17,948 votes to her 13,305, but will be seated as a member of the minority party when the house clerk gavels in the next session on Jan. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Hackney said he called Rep. Paul Stam, who will likely run for speaker, to offer congratulations Tuesday night. The main task ahead, he said, is to prevent heavy cuts to education as the Republicans try to make good on their promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try to do is protect the education gains we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made over the years as we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve built up our universities and community colleges,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. He also expects to see the new majority try to advance its agenda on social issues.<\/p>\n<p>Hackney, who has experienced life in the minority party in the house before, said he has not decided whether he will seek a post in the Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a decision best left for a few days\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 contemplation,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of Orange County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legislative delegation \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all Democrats \u00e2\u20ac\u201c also survived robust GOP turnout, with Sen. Ellie Kinnaird beating Republican Ryan Hilliard 36,351 to 19,737 votes and Rep. Bill Faison beating the GOP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rick Smith 13,754 to 10,775 votes. Rep. Verla Insko ran unopposed and received 17,539 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In federal races, Fourth District U.S. Rep. David Price held onto his seat despite a strong showing by Republican B.J. Lawson in Wake County. Durham and Orange county voters helped Price beat Lawson in a rematch from 2008. Price received 152,501 votes to Lawson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 115,715 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County also came out for Elaine Marshall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bid to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Richard Burr. Marshall, who made a last dash through Carrboro and Chapel Hill, including a stop at Weaver Street Market and Carrboro Elementary, won Orange County with nearly 68 percent of the vote, but lost statewide, pulling in 43 percent of ballots cast to Burr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 55 percent. Libertarian Michael Beitler received 2 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every election makes a little bit of history. 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