{"id":11594,"date":"2012-05-08T06:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T10:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=11594"},"modified":"2012-11-05T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T17:02:04","slug":"2012-primary-live-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/2012\/05\/08\/2012-primary-live-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Primary Live Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raleigh Public Record editors and reporters will be live blogging all day and into the night for the 2012 Primary Election. You can join us this evening<\/a> as we report from across the city and live blog from The Hive downtown and watch the results come in. <\/em><\/p>\n

Hit “Reload” on your browser to get the most recent updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:52 p.m. – Staff<\/p>\n

All of the Record reporters have made their way back to The Hive and they’re frantically working on their stories\u00a0chronicling\u00a0today’s events. We’re shutting down the live blog for the night, but stay tuned for full stories. \u00a0If you liked what you saw, read, watched, etc, head over here to make a tax-deductible\u00a0donation so we can keep bringing you awesome Raleigh coverage.<\/p>\n

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10:47 p.m. – Christin Hardy<\/p>\n

Of her win Representative Yvonne Holley said,\u00a0“I am humbled. I am sincerely humbled. I don’t take it lightly and I’m going to work very hard to serve this community. I want to thank everyone who supported me, endorsed me such as the Voter Education Coalition, RWCA, Harold Webb, Lindy Brown, Jack Nichols and Jim Goodman. I plan to do what ever I can to serve this community, all of Wake County. I’m sincerely and genuinely feel humbled and I thank God [for this win].”<\/p>\n

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10:40 p.m. –\u00a0Saja Hindi<\/p>\n

George Holding remains ahead. But he said if he doesn’t win, “life goes on.”<\/p>\n

“Wake up tomorrow and make a new plan. It certainly not be the end of the world,” he said. “I feel good. Certainly we’re watching the results come in and the counties are all reporting in and we’re doing all right. So fingers crossed.”<\/div>\n
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Christin Hardy<\/p>\n

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Yvonne Holley greets neighbor and supporter, former Wake County Commissioner Harold Webb at the celebration party Holley hosted at her home in East Raleigh. (Christin Hardy)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Final voting tallies from a polling place in East Raleigh. (Christin Hardy)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yvonne Holley thanks supporters for coming out to her victory party at her home in East Raleigh after election results come in. (Jon McClain)<\/p><\/div>\n

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10:34 p.m. – Dan Riechers<\/p>\n

Update from a previous post.<\/p>\n

At 10:15 p.m. at the Etheridge headquarters, a small crowd of supporters is present.<\/div>\n
Several journalists are assembled in one room, a wall papered with Etheridge signs. In an adjacent room, volunteers watch returns on their laptops, remaining optimistic that the areas yet to report will shift the numbers.<\/div>\n
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With Dalton having just given his accpetance speech, Etheridge is here, presenting his concession speech.<\/p>\n

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Etheridge and his wife are present. He asks his staffers to come up with him. Etheridge said, “we had likely the smallest staff to run a statewide campaign.”Etheridge said, “Because we were unable to use any of our federal funds, we started at zero. What happened was, we lost the early vote, because we were not on T.V.”<\/p>\n

He said, “the last couple months have been a sprint and marathon all in one, and I’ve really enjoyed it.” They visited over 45 counties.<\/p>\n

He thanked his wife and staffers and said he was proud that they “rejected the negative politics that too often poisons public discourse and offered positive solutions to real problems in North Carolina”<\/p>\n

He said he had “called the leiutenant governor and congratulated him” and vowed to work with his fellow Democrats “that the tea party agenda in the NC Assembly does not come to fruition.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10:33 p.m. – Hide Terada<\/p>\n

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Walter Dalton makes his speech after declaring victory in the race to become the Democratic nominee for governor. (Hide Terada)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Walter Dalton greets supporters at his election night party. (Hide Terada)<\/p><\/div>\n

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10:28 p.m. – John McClain<\/p>\n

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Former Wake County Commissioner Harold Webb and Perry Woods wait for election results for incumbent Yvonne Holley. (Jon McClain)<\/p><\/div>\n

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10:25 p.m. – Will Huntsberry<\/p>\n

Some people argue the amendment will be pushed out later.<\/p>\n

Skip Stam \u00a0said he disagrees.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think that’s true. I don’t think that’s actually the tide because the younger people who didn’t support the amendment haven’t married and had children. When they do that, then they’ll understand the importance of marriage.”<\/p>\n

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10:19 p.m. – Saja Hindi<\/p>\n

Incumbent North Carolina Representative Yvonne Holley gives her victory speech.<\/p>\n