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Kinnaird, Lee Hang On to Keep State Senate Seats
The incumbent Democrats
from Orange County beat
Republican challengers
P.H. Craig and Teena Little.
By Kimberly Grabiner, Scon
Hicks and Courtney Hathaway
Staff Writers
Sens. Ellie Kinnaird and Howard
Lee, D-Orange, overcame a tight
race Tuesday night to again claim
their seats in the General Assembly.
The unofficial results for N.C. 16th
District State Senate Seats are
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John Edwards thanks his wife, Elizabeth, and his daughters, Emma Claire (left) and Kate, for all of their support during his victory speech Tuesday night.
John Edwards pushed Sen.
Lauch Faircloth out of the
Senate in one of the closest
races of the election season.
By Mary Cameron, Anne FAWCEn,
Holly Neal and Courtney Weill
Staff Writers
RALEIGH - All eyes were glued to
screens showing not television updates,
but Internet results, when CNN
declared Democrat John Edwards the
winner of a neck-and neck race against
incumbent Sen. Lauch Faircloth, R-N.C.
At the end of the night, Edwards
edged out the first-term incumbent and
opponent by gamering 985,398 votes to
Faircloth’s 905,304 in unofficial results.
A cheer arose from Edwards’ sup
porters as they jostled bottles of Bud
Light into the air, christening the birth of
anew generation in North Carolina pol
itics at the North Raleigh Hilton.
“The message is going to Washington
that we’re tired of sitting in the gutter,”
said Gene Scarborough, 52, president of
Scarborough Financial Service in Rocky
Mount.
“Asa life insurance agent who, as a
rule, despises the business that John
Edwards does, I do like his style.
“I think (the race) is representative of
how divided this country really is. We
need to get ourselves talking about
things we can agree on. There’s more
important things to do than bicker for
the rest of our lives,” Scarborough said.
Edwards, 45, said in his victory
speech that his win was a vote for hopes
instead of fears, and he said he would
take responsibility for upholding the
The people of North Carolina voted their hopes instead of their fears.
John Edwards
Kinnaird, 46,600 votes, Lee, 46,011
votes, Teena Little, 41,354 votes and
P.H. Craig, 37,038 votes.
“I’m elated and delighted to be
going back,” Lee said. “We had a rea
sonably comfortable win; it just took
a while to get there.
“I’m glad to go back into the legis
lature to work on behalf of educa
tion.”
Lee said the Democrats regained
control of the General Assembly.
“The Democrats may gain as many as
five seats in the Senate, which will
give us a comfortable breathing mar
gin,” he said.
“We’re in for a favorable year of
public’s trust in him.
“I feel an enormous responsibility ...
to give a voice and be a voice for every
North Carolinian,” he said.
“We will fight in the floor of the U.S.
Senate for things that matter: reforming
public schools, reforming health care,
protecting the environment, and pre
serving Medicare and Social Security for
our senior citizens.”
Edwards’ supporters saw the defeat of
Faircloth’s campaign, which featured
negative advertising, as the end of an era
that has tied the state to conservatives
like sitting Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C.
“This is the turning of the tide on
Helms,” said Gail Perry, 47, a consultant
from Raleigh.
“It’s the beginning of the end for the
Helms era. North Carolina is finally
ready to get rid of meanness in politics
and start talking about positive issues
related to the future.”
Faircloth supporters across town at
the Brownstone Inn also recognized the
connection between their candidate and
Helms as the two Republicans shared
the stage for Faircloth’s concession
speech.
“I’m disappointed,” said Joseph
Harrison, a retiree from Wake Forest. “I
think he’s next to Jesse Helms and I sup
port Jesse wholeheartedly. Faircloth and
Helms were two of a kind in
Washington.”
Analysts said Faircloth never man
aged to make it out of Helms’ shadow
during his term in office. They consid
ered him one of the most vulnerable
Republican incumbents in the country.
Conversely, Edwards has been the
Democrats’ most promising challenger
See U.S. SENATE, Page 4
Wednesday, November 4, 1998
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legislation.”
Dick Edwards, dean of the UNC
School of Social Work, said he was
confident of Lee’s character and abil
ities.
“Howard Lee is a friend of mine,
an alumnus in the school of social
work and a strong friend of the uni
versity,” he said.
“I think he is a strong advocate for
people of his district, and the
University’s just one component of
his district.”
Kenny Mann Sr., night manager at
the Aqueduct where Lee gave his vic
tory speech, said he was pleased with
the results.
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97.55 percent precincts reporting
John Edwards, D
985,398 votes
51.16 percent
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Lauch Faircloth, R
905,304 votes
47.00 percent
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Barbara Howe, L
35,375 votes
1.84 percent
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“He’s done just as much if not
more than when he was mayor,” he
said.
Prior to the unofficial results,
Kinnaird said she was optimistic.
“We’ve got a happy crowd,” she
said. “We’ve got a house full of
reporters and we’re doing well.”
Allen Spalt, Carrboro Alderman,
spoke highly of Kinnaird.
“She goes and works like crazy to
represent her entire district -
Democrats and Republicans, her
entire district,” he said.
Carole Lawler, Lee’s campaign
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Lauch Faircloth, joined by family and friends, addresses his supporters
Tuesday evening at the Brownestone Hotel in Raleigh.
Congress Still in Hands of GOP
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Republicans
struggled to strengthen their control of
Congress on Tuesday in midterm elec
tions held in the shadow of impeach
ment proceedings against the president.
The GOP held control of the Senate
even as Democrats toppled two
Republican incumbents. Democrats also
ousted a pair of Southern governors.
GOP Gov. George W. Bush won a
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Eleanor Kinnaird, D
46,600 votes
27.25 percent
P.H. Craig, R
37,075 votes
21.68 percent
Texas-sized re-election while his broth
er Jeb added the Florida statehouse to
the Republican column.
Democrats countered in South
Carolina, where Jim Hodges toppled
first-term Gov. David Beasley, ironical
ly the chairman of the Republican
Governors’ Association. Alabama’s
Republican Gov. Fobjames was defeat
ed as well.
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96 4 percent precincts reporting
Howard Lee, D
45,995 votes
26.89 percent
Price Defeats
Roberg, Avoids
Repeat of 1994
Rep. David Price, D-N.C., defeated
Republican challenger Tom Roberg in
a hard-fought and close midterm race.
By Cate Dody, Katie Hunter
and Warren Wilson
Staff Writers
RALEIGH - Supporters of David Price sang ‘hal
lelujah’ along with the Brothers for Christ gospel choir
Tuesday as area voters sent the Democratic incumbent
back to Washington for his sixth, and second consecu
tive, term.
“It’s a great night for Democrats, it’s a great night for
North Carolina, and it’s a great night for the country we
all love,” Price said to the jubilant, beer-drinking sup
porters.
Price, who unofficially captured 57 percent of the
vote, defeated Republican
challenger and Wake County
businessman Tom Roberg,
who unofficially drew support
from 42 percent of the voters,
and Libertarian Gary
Goodson, who netted the rest.
“The people of the 4th
District have spoken, and they
will get what they have spoken
for, which is more of what they
have gotten for the last 10 or 12
years,” Roberg said to a sub
dued crowd at the Brownstone
Hotel in Raleigh.
The 4th District was
redrawn this year to include
nearly all of Chatham,
Durham, Orange and Person
counties.
Dick Ellis, campaign
spokesman for Roberg, said he
was disappointed with the new
district boundaries.
“It’s no question that they
were drawn to stack the deck
for the other guys,” Ellis said.
But the win had little to do
with boundary lines, said Price,
a former political science pro
fessor at Duke University.
“I credit the win to (peo
ple’s) desire for a quality edu
cation for their children, their
desire to make sure Social
Security is there for future gen
erations, their desire to keep
our part of North Carolina the
best place to live and work and
do business in the country,” he
said in response to a question
about the effects of redistrict
ing.
But the redistricting contro
versy did little to dampen the
signs of celebration that mani
fested themselves in Price’s
headquarters at the North
Raleigh Hilton.
“I’m elated,” said Calvin Cunningham, Orange
County campaign coordinator for Price and a UNC
School of Law student, as the crowd passed around cig
ars.
“The victory shows that North Carolina voters, and
young voters in particular came out,” Cunningham said.
But Goodson, like Roberg, said he believed little
would change with Price’s re-election, but that he was
optimistic about the future of the Libertarian Party.
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Teena Little, R
41,354 votes
24.18 percent
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96.4 percent precincts reporting
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David Price, D
124,131 votes
57.03 percent
Tom Roberg, R
91,375 votes
41.98 percent
Gary Goodson, L
2,156 votes
0.99 percent