Local Election News
Revised numbers add to turnout in Craven election
At least 3,643 more votes were cast in Craven County than originally reported in unofficial election results, bringing the voter turnout up from 60.65 to 65.2 percent. The added votes do not change the outcome of any election winners. In the only local...
Teams prepare for vote canvass in Craven, Pamlico
Teams in Craven and Pamlico counties verified sample vote counts on Wednesday, preparing for a vote canvass Friday to make 2008 election results official. Pamlico County's tally of the votes for president in two precincts, Hobucken and Grantsboro, "were...
NAACP leader, others hail Obama victory as proof of progress
When Alfred Barfield was a teenager, he was one of 29 students who staged sit-ins at several New Bern businesses in support of the civil rights movement. Forty-eight years later, Barfield watched with a combination of "confidence and almost disbelief"...
Provisional ballots could make difference in some races
There are still enough uncounted provisional ballots to change some 2008 election winners in North Carolina. Craven County has 940 and Pamlico County has 98 of them. The 81 counties reporting to the North Carolina State Board so far have 44,984 provisional...
Dead battery caused delay of vote count, officials say
State and county officials say a dead battery caused the delay in counting Craven County votes after Tuesday's election. The problem did not involve computer software, as officials had first thought. The battery was in a machine at the Cove City early-voting...
Bill Clinton makes second visit to New Bern, pushes wife's plans on heath care, gas-tax holiday
Speaking from the back of a red Chevy pickup, former President Bill Clinton made a last-minute campaign pitch Monday in New Bern for his wife's presidential bid. His stop at Craven Regional Airport was the second of nine planned in North Carolina...
Perdue thanks hometown supporters
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bev Perdue made an airplane stop in New Bern on Monday, thanking and hugging supporters. Many of them have known her more than 30 years. The local crowd of about 75 cheered and applauded Perdue as she dashed off the...
Republicans running largest slate of candidates in years
Republican candidates are running with as full a primary ballot as the party has listed in years. No national Republican figures appeared in Craven County on the eve of today's primary, but a quieter campaign continued for Republican races, including...
Rep. Butterfield campaigns for Obama in New Bern
Arthur Mallory hurried down a lunchtime sandwich Monday in his BMW outside the Obama '08 Queen Street headquarters in New Bern. He finished in time to join about two dozen others and hear short remarks from two North Carolina Democratic Party superdelegates...
Bill Clinton's second New Bern visit expected Monday morning
Former President Bill Clinton is expected to be in New Bern again Monday to campaign for his wife's presidential bid. The exact location and time have not yet been made public, but a senior adviser to Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign said the stop will...
Campaigns full throttle; Clinton in New Bern today
Nine percent of Craven County voters made their choice for their party's nominees in early voting but one last minute appeal to the other 91 percent is coming today. It appears than no one is taking the 64,265 registered voters of Craven County for granted. Former...
Former supporter trying to wrest U.S. House seat from Jones
The last time U.S. Rep. Walter Jones competed for the congressional seat he had held for longer than a decade, he beat his challenger so soundly that the office was widely considered his for as long as he wanted it. That was two years ago - and Joe McLaughlin...
Obama supporter says Clinton, McCain pushing "gimmick" on gas tax
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri campaigned Friday in New Bern for Sen. Barack Obama, calling Hillary Clinton's and John McCain's proposed gas-tax relief a "gimmick." McCaskill said Clinton and McCain are telling people what they...
Democratic candidates for U.S. House say experiences inspired them to run
Two Democrats seeking the U.S. House seat held by Rep. Walter Jones must get past each other first - and they both say personal experiences will energize them to do that. Marshall Adame, a longtime Marine and former diplomat from Jacksonville, is challenging...
Primarily 'Big-time stuff' Tuesday
Nursing coffee and a cigarette in a booth at a gas station, William Sutton isn't in any particular hurry. It's just shy of 8 o'clock - already dark - but he has a good hour before the rest of his buddies join him. It's raining outside and his coffee...
Each party has variety of choices for lieutenant governor nominees
Four Democrats and four Republicans are seeking nomination in Tuesday's primary as candidates for North Carolina' number two post, lieutenant governor. Each party's list includes veteran politicians and office holders as well as people known in political...
Bill Clinton expected to return to New Bern; Hillary Clinton to visit Kinston Friday
Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton will return to the region at least twice to campaign before next week's primary. The senator will be speaking at a "Solutions for America" event in Kinston today. The event is to be held at the John...
Five Democrats competing for nomination to run against Dole for Senate
The Democrats running for a chance to represent North Carolina in the U.S. Senate say the May 6 primary is "anybody's to win." Those Democrats - Kay Hagan, Duskin Lassiter, Jim Neal, Howard Staley and Marcus Williams -and two Republicans, Elizabeth Dole...
Poll shows Perdue with 14-point lead over Moore
Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue begins her last week of campaigning with a series of rallies across the state and a 14-point lead over her main opponent in a poll reported Monday. The new poll by Public Policy Polling in Raleigh gives Perdue a 47-point approval...
Pamlico race for commissioner a rematch between Democrats
BAYBORO -- A rematch of a tight 2004 Pamlico County commissioner race is the only contested local item on the May 6 primary ballot. Former county water department employee Rhoda Moore Sawyer again challenges Roy Brinson, who has served 12 years. In...
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