RALEIGH — Incumbent superintendent June Atkinson is a career educator who won office in 2004. Challenger John Tedesco, a fundraiser for nonprofits, was part of a conservative insurgency that took charge of the Wake County school board in 2009. Both have worked in contentious environments.
RALEIGH — Western North Carolina voters will get to choose between two known quantities when they go to the polls in the state Senate’s 50th District election. The race is a rematch of a 2010 election that was decided by just 161 ballots — less than 0.3 percent of all votes canvassed in the race.
RALEIGH — The race pits freshman incumbent Renee Ellmers, a Republican who has become a frequent spokeswoman for the GOP leadership in Washington, against Steve Wilkins, a Democrat who embraces core liberal values. Ellmers was the only North Carolina Republican to defeat an incumbent Democrat during the GOP wave election of 2010.
RALEIGH — Cherie Berry, North Carolina’s labor commissioner for nearly 12 years, is proud to run on her record. John Brooks, who held the post for 16 years, says he deserves another opportunity at the job.
RALEIGH — Incumbent Commissioner Wayne Goodwin, a Democrat, and Mike Causey, a Republican, agree that the state needs to find more insurers willing to underwrite property near the coast. Goodwin says he's saved ratepayers more than $1 billion. Causey says the insurance department needs to be more responsive to the public.
