Top legislative races in North Carolina
Monday, October 30th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
The Associated Press
RALEIGH — A look at several key races for seats in the General Assembly. House Democrats currently have a 63-57 seat advantage in the House and 29-21 lead in the Senate.
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• 100th District: House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, and Republican Hal Jordan of Charlotte.
The four-term speaker is already fighting ethics questions and legal troubles, both of which Jordan, an IBM Corp. employee, has made the focus of his campaign in a strong Democratic district in east Charlotte and Matthews. Fellow House Democrats have been sending donations to Black’s campaign. Even with a victory, Black’s future as speaker is cloudy.
• 3rd District: Rep. Alice Underhill, D-Craven, and Republican Michael Speciale of New Bern.
It’s a rematch of the 2004 election, where Underhill narrowly defeated Speciale and returned to the House after a two-year absence. Underhill tried to get out ahead of any connections to Black by calling on him to resign as speaker in April. The district, which leans Republican, may be best chance for the GOP to pick up a seat.
• 17th District: Rep. Bonner Stiller, R-Brunswick, and Democrat Allan Dameron of Supply.
The two are battling in a swing district that Stiller won over powerful Democratic budget writer David Redwine in 2002. A group created by officials with the North Carolina Association of Realtors are producing mailers in support of Dameron, one of the association’s former leaders.
• 36th District: Rep. Nelson Dollar, R-Wake, and Democrat Greer Beaty of Cary.
Lots of cash is being thrown into this swing district covering Cary, Apex and unincorporated Wake County. Both candidates have sent out several mailers to residents in recent weeks. Dollar beat incumbent David Miner in the 2004 primary on issues of taxes, but Beaty’s literature is critical of what she called Dollar’s failure to approve tax cuts in this year’s budget and vote for the lottery in 2005.
• 41st District: Rep. Russell Capps, R-Wake, and Democrat Ty Harrell of Raleigh.
Capps, a cultural conservative and anti-tax leader swept into office during the 1994 Republican landslide, was placed into a tough district during the 2003 redistricting. He faced no opposition in 2004, but the bow-tie clad Harrell is touting a recent poll showing him ahead. (more…)
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