Mary Fant Donnan won by a two-to-one margin.
The Winson-Salem Democrat sewed up the nomination for labor commissioner in a runoff primary held today.
With all 100 counties reporting, Donnan has 43,217 votes, or 68 percent. Former labor commissioner John C. Brooks has 20,445, or 32 percent. She now faces incumbent Republican Cherie Berry in November.
Turnout was a paltry 1.9 percent.
In a runoff for the Democratic nomination in state Senate District 5, Don Davis beat Kathy Taft, 63 percent to 37 percent. The seat is currently held by retiring Democratic Sen. John Kerr III.
Davis, the mayor of Snow Hill, had slightly edged Taft, a member of the State Board of Education, in a six-way race in the May primary, but failed to garner a majority. He now faces four-term Rep. Louis Pate, a Wayne County Republican.
And in a runoff for the Republican nomination in state House District 67, Justin Burr defeated Rep. Ken Furr, 58 to 42 percent. Burr had slightly edged Furr in a three-way race on May 6.
Furr was appointed to the seat in August of 2007 after former Rep. David Almond resigned. Burr faces no opposition in November.
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Illegal Immigration, what Hagan has wrought
June 25, 2008 - 6:45am — Cdicksonhttp://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080624191046.194uc12f&show_article=1
Note that the MS-13 crackdown was initiated in North Carolina.
They located here because of NC's lax license laws. Ryan, you should see how many of the indicted have had an NC license at one point.
Re: Donnan beats Brooks in labor runoff
June 24, 2008 - 9:57pm — SenateIs it true that Burr is the youngest person ever to win a House race?