Only Three-Way State House Race Down to the Wire

RALEIGH — The contest is a rematch from 2008, when the same three candidates duked it out in one of the closest races of that cycle. Republican Norman Sanderson lost to Democrat Alice Underhill 50 percent to 48 percent, with Libertarian Herb Sobel claiming just over 2 percent of the vote. That close margin led some Republicans to label Sobel a spoiler for their candidate.