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In a neck-and-neck race, incumbent Betty Lou Ward and newcomer Caroline Sullivan beat out their challengers for seats on the Wake County Board. Voters also approved the Wake Technical Community College bond.
Democrats running for seats on the Wake County Commission have raised more than six times the funds that Republicans have brought in this election cycle.
[media-credit name=”Paul Fitts” align=”alignright” width=”150″][/media-credit]Paul Fitts — Wake County Commission
Political Party: Republican
Occupation: Mortgage lender
Campaign website: http://paulfitts.com/
What do you think is the central issue for this election and how do you plan to address it? Everybody is going to say that transit is the central issue facing these four candidates. My personal biggest issue is job recruitment. I don’t think we’re doing enough business recruitment to our area. But if everybody is saying that it’s transit, transit, transit — that’s probably what more people are hearing about than anything else.
Republicans will remain in control of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, but candidates hope that there will be less partisanship.
No matter how this year’s elections shake out, Republicans will maintain the majority on Wake’s County Commission. But if Dems hope to retake the majority any time soon, they’ll need to win all three seats this year.
