WCHL 1360 AM and WCOM 103.5 FM will both be covering the local elections today and tonight.
First, at 12:30 this afternoon, WCHL will have a midday update on how turnout looks and how the new voting technology is working. Through the afternoon WCHL will also be having further updates during breaks in their programming.
At 8 PM, WCOM will be covering the election with host Triangle Slim and special guest appearances from some local pundits (including some possibly familiar names from OP). Tune in to hear the early returns and analysis.
Then at 9 PM, WCHL will have its election night special coverage of both the Orange County races AND the Chatham County primaries.
Also note, News 14 Carolina on cable television will be having live coverage of 17 races from around central and eastern North Carolina and will be reporting on a total of 74 different races with an on-screen ticker and other updates. Their coverage will start at 7:30 PM and run until 10 or 11 PM.
Election results will also be posted on the Orange County Board of Elections website at www.co.orange.nc.us/elect/May2006/index.htm
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For those watching the
For those watching the judicial district elections, as far as I can tell you're going to have to add the Orange BOE numbers on the web to whatever people are reporting from the courthouse in Chatham. If anyone knows a better solution, please let me know. I can't get WCHL dialed in down here in New Orleans.
Yes, I said "elections" plural -- Chief District Court Judge Joe Buckner and District Attorney Jim Woodall are running unopposed. There are six candidates running for Superior Court. That's a little odd, no? Discuss. (Just not on this thread; don't mean to hijack.)
Duncan, you can stream WCOM
Duncan, you can stream WCOM 103.5 via communityradio.coop.
I just want to bump this
I just want to bump this thread up and recommend that people tune in to this show from 8 to 9 tonight. It'll be way better than those ESP guys. ;-)
Do you mean the show on
Do you mean the show on WCOM? Or the later WCHL show? Or both?
Are the ESP guys the ones who got all up in Mark C.'s grill, and then Mark went "Oh NO you didn't!" and they went, "Oh no you DIDN'T!" and then there was some scratching and eye-poking, and then somebody said something about how being a twit and a lout was very British, which Americans wouldn't understand but must accept, and then they played "It's Carrboro" and hugged each other's necks? That was weird, man.
Hey, I just noticed that
Hey, I just noticed that News 14 Carolina's website is going to be updating their online results as they come in -- I assume as fast as they'll be updating their ticker. For the superior court race, it looks like they're listing it under Orange County with returns added from Chatham (they're listing 63 precincts in that race, which would be Chatham + Orange).
http://rdu.news14.com/content/election_returns/?county=Orange
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Mark Chilton, Dan Coleman,
Mark Chilton, Dan Coleman, and I will be on WCOM shortly!
I have always found that
I have always found that News 14, or any TV for that matter updates the television ticker faster than the web. There is also no clearly better station or outlet. My suggestion is to monitor all of them at first, and then you will fast realize which ones are on top of it that night. Just my opinion though, after many election nights hitting the clicker and the refresh button all to rapidly.
Town Hall Comm. Mike 138
Town Hall Comm. Mike 138 Barry 116 Alice 111 Fred 97
Carrboro School Alice 121 Barry 117 Mike 117 Fred 91
N Carrboro Alice 239 Mike 226 Barry 197 Fred 156
unofficial results off the initial tape count
First BOE post on
First BOE post on http://www.co.orange.nc.us/elect/May2006/summary.htm
County Commissioner (3 seats available)
Candidate Votes Percent
Mike Nelson 567 20.70%
Barry Jacobs 741 27.05%
Alice Gordon 659 24.06%
Artie L. Franklin 60 2.19%
Betty Tom Phelps Davidson 197 7.19%
Robin Cutson 111 4.05%
Fred Battle 404 14.75%
Barring a sudden (and stong)
Barring a sudden (and stong) upset in the nine remaining unreported precincts, or a disaster between now and November, congratulations to Alice Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson.
... Still waiting on Chatham returns to come in for the judicial races, but it sounds like their sane-growth slate is winning in all three districts down there. Congratulations Chatham County. :)
I spent the afternoon at the
I spent the afternoon at the Library handing out lit on behalf of Baddour and putting in a good word for Battle and Hudson.
I'm glad to see they all did well there...
I knew turnout would be key to Fred's chances and spent the day bugging folk supporting him to call friends about voting and drag friends to the precinct. I wished the turnout was better, I think it would've helped.
Does anyone have a link to "live" Chatham results? Their BOE only is showing 2005 ;-).
I'm getting good results off
I'm getting good results off the News 14 Carolina website I linked to earlier.
Hold onto your hats in the judicial race. Things fell out as might have been predicted in Orange County, but Anderson and Baddour have already made up half the distance on Stein and a good chunk into Fox's commanding lead after the first nine Chatham precincts reported, with ten more to go. I don't think Michael Patrick or Ken Oettinger are going to make it, but they would have also been good for the district had they won. We have an embarassment of riches in this race, truthfully.
Quote "[i]Does anyone have a
Quote "[i]Does anyone have a link to “live†Chatham results? Their BOE only is showing 2005[/i]"
http://rdu.news14.com/content/election_returns/?county=Chatham
BTW, Durham's results are
BTW, Durham's results are here.
I called Kanoy fairly well.
Durham
David Price. . . . . . . . . . 21,758 90.93
Oscar Lewis. . . . . . . . . . 972 4.06
Kent Kanoy . . . . . . . . . . 1,199 5.01
Orange
David Price 8403 87.07%
Oscar Lewis 315 3.26%
Kent Kanoy 933 9.67%
Kent's strenght was in the OC with %11 of Price's turnout and a respectable %7 of Price's overall showing. Wonder if Price spent more than $5,000?
Bunkey is losing! From
Bunkey is losing!
From Channel 14,
Lucier Dem 3,694 57%
Nettles Dem 2,839 43%
Vanderbeck Dem 3,914 59%
Morgan (i) Dem 2,697 41%
Thompson Dem 4,124 62%
Emerson (i) Dem 2,504 38%
16 of 19 precincts reporting (84%)
PDF of Chatham's results,
PDF of Chatham's results, updated as they come in...
http://www.co.chatham.nc.us/BulletinBoardItems/ElectionTallySheet--Summa...
Congrats to Mike, Alice and
Congrats to Mike, Alice and Barry. I voted for you Fred!
BIG BIG congrats to Chatham County and all the hardworking folks of the Chatham Coalition.
Fox
Fox (i) 11,259 37%
Stein 6,483 21%
Anderson 5,158 17%
Baddour (i) 4,710 15%
Patrick 2,015 7%
Oettinger 1,192 4%
61 of 63 precincts reporting (97%)
Oops, spoke too soon. The
Oops, spoke too soon. The next 8 precincts that came in went better for Adam Stein in Chatham County, and so it looks like it will finish:
Fox (nearly doubling the vote of the next closest vote getter)
Stein
Anderson
Baddour
(Those last three will likely finish within 1500-1600 votes of each other. Michael Patrick and Ken Oettinger will have pulled in 3100-3300 votes together, so there are enough votes out there already among likely voters to make the race interesting. Everyone except Fox could run better outside their strongholds -- all three did appreciably better in their strong county, and significantly worse in their weaker county. Fox was strong across the board, even doing a little better in Chatham.)
Chatham Price
Chatham
Price (i) Dem 2,184 87%
Kanoy Dem 165 7%
Lewis Dem 149 6%
Durham
David Price. . . . . . . . . . 21,758 90.93
Oscar Lewis. . . . . . . . . . 972 4.06
Kent Kanoy . . . . . . . . . . 1,199 5.01
Orange
David Price 8403 87.07%
Oscar Lewis 315 3.26%
Kent Kanoy 933 9.67%
%7.1 of Price's vote.
What about the part of Wake
What about the part of Wake County that is in the 4th?
From the State site: WAKE
From the State site:
WAKE David Price DEM 5,523 (88.82%)
WAKE Oscar Lewis DEM 348 (5.60%)
WAKE Kent Kanoy DEM 347 (5.58%)
The contest data below was updated on 5/3/2006 3:28:44 PM.
Name on Ballot Party Statewide Ballot Count
David Price DEM 39,520 (89.51%)
Kent Kanoy DEM 2,756 (6.24%)
Oscar Lewis DEM 1,873 (4.24%)