VOLUME 114, ISSUE 107
INSIDE: ROUNDUP OF THE RESULTS FOR OTHER RACES ON
THE ORANGE COUNTY BALLOTS INCLUDING ORANGE COUNTY
SHERIFF AND SEATS OF THE N.C. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
AND DISTRICT COURT, page 4
Democrats gain control of U.S. House
U.S. SENATE
808 CASEY, JR. (D) defeated RICK
SANTORUM in Pennsylvania
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D) defeated
LINCOLN CHAFEE (R) in Rhode Island
ROBERT MENENDEZ (D) defeated
THOMAS KEAN (R) in New Jersey
U.S. HOUSE
HEATH SHULER (D) defeated
CHARLES TAYLOR (R) in North
Carolina, 11th district
TIM MAHONEY (D) defeated MARK
FOLEY (R) in Florida, 16th district
BARON HILL (D) defeated MIKE
SODREL (R) in Indiana, 9th districft
•Unofficial tallies
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Mike Nelson (left), newly elected county commissioner and former mayor of Carrboro, celebrates with Paul Cole, operations manager of the
UNC music department at the West End Wine Bar on Franklin Street on Tuesday after hearing his successful preliminary election results.
NELSON A NEWCOMER
ORANGE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
GORDON (D) 30.6 percent
25,946 votes
SfBARRY JACOBS (D) 30.2 percent
25,693 votes
SJMIKE NELSON (O) 27.7 percent
23,500 votes
□ JAMIE DANIEL (R) 11.5 percent
9,763 votes
District representation referendum passed with
68.5 percent of the vote.
See pg. 5 for a full story on the referendum's
impact.
•Unofficial tallies
Incumbents win unsurprising victories in N.C. legislature
N.C. SENATE
DISTRICT 23
{2?LUEKINNAIRD(D)
73.6 percent 31,532 votes
□ E.B. ALSTON (R)
26.4 percent 11,312 votes
N.C HOUSE
DISTRICT 54
0-JOE HACKNEY (D)
69.9 percent 15,623 votes
□ ALVIN REED (R)
30.1 percent 6,727 votes
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Experts say results show
voters discontent with war
BY SAMUEL LAU
STAFF WRITER
The Democratic Party gained control of the
House of Representatives while the Senate
remained still up for grabs late into Tuesday night’s
midterm elections.
As of 11:30 p.m., initial election results showed
the Democrats had picked up the necessary 15 seats
needed to win a majority in the House, in addition to
three seats in the Senate.
The Democrats need to gain six seats in the Senate
in order to win control of both houses of Congress.
Benefiting from President Bush’s low approval
rating and general public discontent with the war
in Iraq, the Democrats gained key House positions
in states including North Carolina, Indiana and
BY GRAY CALDWELL
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Democrats won the day Tuesday, as the
two incumbents and a former Carrboro
mayor beat out the sole Republican candi
date for seats on the Orange County Board
of Commissioners.
Board chairman Barry Jacobs and commis
sioner Alice Gordon were re-elected, and Mike
Nelson joined the board with 23,500 votes, or
27.7 percent They defeated Republican Jamie
Daniel for four-year terms.
“I just feel good,” Nelson said. “I’m excited
about the prospect of serving the people of
Orange County.”
Nelson served as the mayor of Carrboro for
SEE COMMISSIONERS, PAGE 4
N.C. HOUSE
DISTRICT 56
OVERLAINSKO (D), unopposed
14,217 votes
N.C. HOUSE
DISTRICT 50
OBILL FAISON (D), unopposed
12,394 votes
•Unofficial tallies
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ELECTION RESULTS 2006
Pennsylvania.
“The Democrats will have a lot to say about
domestic policy over the next two years, and the
Bush administration has a sign that the current Iraq
policy is not working in a way that gives them any
influence,” said George Rabinowitz, UNC political
science professor.
All 435 House seats, which come with two-year
terms, were contested Tuesday.
The last time the House had a Democratic major
ity was in 1994.
Winning the House, which is influenced much
more by the majority party than the Senate, allows
the Democrats to set the agenda and bring items to
the House floor that the Republicans have tried to
keep off, said Bruce Oppenheimer, a professor of
political science at Vanderbilt University.
Rutgers political science professor Ross Baker
added that the Democrats also will call for a number
SEE MIDTERMS, PAGE 4
BY BRENDAN BROWN
AND LINDSEY NAYLOR
STAFF WRITERS
As election updates rolled in Tuesday
night, Democrats and Republicans used
various venues throughout Orange County
as meeting places to discuss the evening’s
results.
Some found solace in meeting with fellow
politicians, while other candidates decided to
spend the evening at home with their fami
lies.
Two Democrats, Rep. Bill Faison, D-
Orange, and Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange,
ran unopposed, but thousands of votes still
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13 RACE BETWEEN DEMOCRAT BRAD MILLER AND REPUBLICAN
VERNON ROBINSON.
Commissioner
Alice Gordon
was the top vote-getter
in the election and
netted her fifth term on
the board. She said she
welcomes Nelson aboard.
Board chairman
Barry Jacobs
finished in second place
and earned another
four-year term. He said
he's eager to continue
the work he started.
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Incumbent Joe Hackney
defeated Republican
challenger Alvin Reed
at the polls. Hackney,
the N.C. House majority
leader, said he works for
voters all year long.
Incumbent Verla Insko
did not face opposition
in her effort to keep
her seat in the General
Assembly. Insko has
served in the legislature
since her 1996 election.
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UNC quarterback Joe Dailey will
start against Georgia Tech after
throwing three touchdowns and
no interceptions against Notre
Dame on Saturday.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006
INCUMBENT PRICE WINS EASY
RE-ELECTION IN 4TH DISTRICT
BY ELIZABETH DEORNEUAS
STATE & NATIONAL ASSISTANT EDITOR
RALEIGH Although there
was little suspense in the race for
U.S. Congressional District 4 of
North Carolina, election night
2006 still held significance for
both candidates.
At the N.C. Democratic Party
headquarters, U.S. Rep. David Price
waited to see if the Democratic
Party would succeed in gaining a
majority in the U.S. House.
Price said he would assume
anew leadership role in a
Democratic House, becom
ing chairman of the Homeland
Judicial race
down to wire
Fox wins, second
seat still in doubt
BY KAYLA CARRICK
AND RACHEL ULLRICH
ASSISTANT CITY EDITORS
After a closely fought battle
for two Orange-Chathaiti county
Superior Court judgeships, the
final result could be still to come.
Unofficial vote tallies show
Allen Baddour beating Adam Stein
by 70 votes. Senior Superior Court
Judge Carl Fox
retained his
seat by a defini
tive margin.
Pandora
Paschal, dep
uty director of
the Chatham
County Board
of Elections,
said provision
al ballots won’t
be counted
until Nov. 17.
Once they are
Carl Fox
retained his
Superior Court
seat decisively
Tuesday night.
counted, a
recount will be mandatory if the
two candidates are within one-half
of a percent of each other.
If the candidates are separated
by more than one-half of a percent,
Stein still can call for a recount,
Paschal said.
Despite the possibility, Baddour
was celebrating Tuesday night.
“We knew it would be close and
that’s why we’ve been knocking on
doors since August,” he said.
Baddour said that he wrote
postcards to voters and that he
couldn’t have won the seat without
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Ellie Kinnaird (right) talks with Katrina Ryan,
president of Orange County Democratic Women.
this day in history
NOV. 8,1924...
Rameses the Ram leads the UNC
football team onto the field for
the first time. The Tar Heels defeat
Virginia Military Institute by a
score of 3-0.
U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
DISTRICT 4
[ZdaVID PRICE (D) 65 percent
125,166 votes
□ STEVE ACUFF (R) 35 percent
67,609 votes
‘Unofficial tallies
Security Appropriations
Subcommittee.
“That would be the biggest
change for me personally.”
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SUPERIOR COURT
O'CARL FOX 35.5 percent
27,489 votes
SfALLEN BAOiWfW^^^^
17,020 votes
□ ADAM STEIN 21.8 percent
16,950 votes
□ CHARLES ANDERSON 21 percent
16,368 votes
‘Unofficial tallies, pending a possible recount
his supporters.
“It was pure hard work,” said
David Baddour, Allen Baddour’s
brother. “We knew if it didn’t work
out, it wouldn’t be for lack of effort.”
Baddour has served as resident
Superior Court judge for Chatham
and Orange counties since Gov.
Mike Easley appointed him to the
post in February.
He said he plans to take the rest
of the week to be with his family
before getting back to the bench.
Stein’s wife, Jane Stein, said she
was surprised with how the num
bers were adding up because Stein
fared better than Baddour in the
primary.
“I’m sorry Adam’s not ahead,”
she said. “He is a wise man with
legal experience.”
Stein thanked a room full of his
supporters, including his children
and grandchildren, after the results
came in at his Chapel Hill home.
“I’ve been so proud to have the
support of you all,” Stein said to the
group. “I think we did everything
we could do.”
Stein’s daughter Gerda Stein
helped her father with the cam-
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