The numbers of votes and voters provide a little background behind the two House Democrats who voted against the tax-raising House budget last week.
Rep. R. Van Braxton, a Kinston Insurance agent, won by one of the narrowest victories in the House last fall, 51.6 percent to 48.4 percent, against former Rep. Stephen Laroque, a Republican. Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly two to one in the district, but they don't vote that way. The district crosses three counties -- Greene, Wayne and Lenoir -- that were all won by U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Rep. Cullie Tarleton, a retired broadcaster from Blowing Rock, represents a district with more Republican registered voters than Democrats. He won by a solid margin in the fall, 51.7 percent to 44.3 percent, but he was undoubtedly helped by a Libertarian candidate who took 4 percent of the vote.
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Re: Numbers behind the votes?
June 15, 2009 - 8:12pm — BitterEXdemocratmark johnson...the Libertarian candidate RECIEVED 4% of the vote, he didnt TAKE it!!! Strive to be smarter than a biased democrackkk...
Re: Numbers behind the votes?
June 15, 2009 - 10:00am — PrototypeBraxton won his seat after the epic struggle between LaRoque and Willie Ray Starling. As you may recall, LaRoque was targeted during the Morgan-Black days. Starling beat LaRoque in the Republican primary. Then LaRoque called for a runoff and Starling beat him again. Then Braxton beat Starling for the seat. This has caused quite a bit of excitement down in the 10th district. We are thinking of starting a reality tv program about all this. Or either a theme park.
There's never a dull moment.....unless you own a business or didn't marry well.