Elections & Politics

Primary Results 2008

Orange Co. Results

All results as of 12:06 a.m., Wednesday, May 7, 2008.

All results preliminary and unofficial. The Board of Elections is scheduled to certify results on May 19.

Democratic Primaries

Presidential Preference
Barack Obama 69.60% 27,824
Hillary Clinton 28.87% 11,540
Mike Gravel 0.62% 249
No preference 0.91% 363

US Senate
Kay Hagan 50.83% 17,208
Duskin C. Lassiter 2.81% 952
Jim Neal 38.64% 13,082
Howard Staley 2.34% 792
Marcus W. Williams 5.38% 1,821

Governor
Richard H. Moore 45.17% 16,753
Dennis Nielsen 2.88% 1,067
Bev Perdue 51.95% 19,265

Lieutenant Governor
Walter H. Dalton 24.93% 7,953
Hampton Dellinger 52.95% 16,889
Pat Smathers 10.03% 3,199
Dan Besse 12.08% 3,854
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Hagan to speak in Chatham

Senator Kay Hagan, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, will speak on Wednesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room of the Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro.

The event, which is sponsored by the Chatham County Democratic Women, will be open to the public and free of charge. There will be a question and answer period following her remarks.

Senator Hagan, who is in her fifth term in the NC Senate, co-chairs the Appropriations Committee. She is running for the US Senate seat now held by Elizabeth Dole.

For information contact Barb Alotis at bjalotis1@nc.rr.com.

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