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Nikki Haley Wins S.C. GOP Runoff for Governor; Elaine Marshall Is N.C. Democratic Senate Nominee
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyThe campaign for the Republican nomination for governor in South Carolina was marked by drama, but it ended decisively with a result that surprised few: On Tuesday, state Rep. Nikki Haley, who finished a primary two weeks ago just shy of the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff, trounced her opponent, U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett. With 65 percent of the vote for Haley to 35 percent for Barrett, she won the chance to face Democratic nominee Vincent Sheheen in November. If she wins, the 38-year-old Haley, who had Tea Party support, would become the state's first female governor and join Louisiana's ...
Cal Cunningham, Elaine Marshall Race in N.C. Poses Test for Democrats
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyCHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- You might not know it from all the attention Nikki Haley is getting, but on Tuesday, the other Carolina is also headed for a runoff election. North Carolina Democrats will not just be choosing a candidate to challenge incumbent first-term Republican Sen. Richard Burr in the fall. The results of Elaine Marshall vs. Cal Cunningham will reach all the way to the Democratic establishment in Washington, which has taken a side. In the May 4 primary, Secretary of State Marshall finished first with 36 percent of the vote, shy of the 40 percent needed to prevent a runoff, ...
Richard Burr Leads Both Potential Democratic Rivals in N.C. Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFirst-term GOP Sen. Richard Burr is running ahead of Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and former state Sen. Cal Cunningham in North Carolina's Senate race as the attention the two Democrats received during the first round of their primary fight has begun to fade, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted June 4-5. Marshall had beat Cunningham, who is the choice of national Democratic leaders to be the party's candidate, but did not get the necessary 40 percent of the vote to avoid a June 22 runoff. Burr leads Marshall by 46 percent to 39 percent with 16 percent undecided and ...
Elaine Marshall, Cal Cunningham Tied in North Carolina Senate Runoff
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNorth Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who bested former state Sen. Cal Cunningham in last week's Democratic Senate primary by 36 percent to 27 percent, now finds herself in a tie with him as they head toward a June 22 runoff, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted May 8-10. Marshall and Cunningham, who is the preferred candidate of national party leaders, each have 36 percent in the poll with 28 percent undecided. The runoff was triggered because neither notched the necessary 40 percent in the primary. Read the Politics Daily piece by Mary Curtis on the ...
Democratic Hopefuls in North Carolina Senate Race Gain on Burr
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocrats Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham, both headed for a June 22 runoff for their party's nomination, have gained ground on Republican Sen. Richard Burr, although Marshall makes the stronger showing against him, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted May 8-10. Burr leads Marshall, North Carolina's secretary of state, by one point -- 43 percent to 42 percent -- with 15 percent undecided. He had a six-point lead last month. Burr is ahead of Cunningham, a former state senator and decorated Iraq war veteran, by 44 percent to 39 percent with 17 percent undecided. Burr led ...
N.C. Senate Democratic Runoff: Party Taps Cunningham Over Marshall
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyHow will a seal of approval from Washington affect the North Carolina Democratic Senate runoff? After front-runner Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham both failed to hit the 40 percent mark in Tuesday's primary, the race to decide which Democrat will face Republican incumbent Richard Burr in November moves to a June 22 runoff election. Though the primary campaign was fairly polite, the next phase promises to be more contentious, with the Democratic establishment's early support of Cunningham hovering in the background. "Though it is his legal right and choice," Marshall said of her opponent's ...
Marshall Has Small Lead Over Cunningham in N.C. Senate Runoff
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNorth Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who beat former state Sen. Cal Cunningham in Tuesday's Democratic senatorial primary but not by enough to avoid a runoff, starts out the next lap of the race with a 42 percent to 37 percent lead over her rival, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 5. Four percent preferred another choice and17 percent were undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Marshall had 36 percent of the vote on Tuesday to Cunningham's 27 percent, but 40 percent was needed to win the primary outright. Cunningham is a decorated Army Reserve officer ...
Primaries in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina Begin to Set Stage for Midterms
By Carl M. Cannon and Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIn Indiana, former Sen. Dan Coats continued his march on the comeback trail, besting four other Republican challengers in Tuesday's primary election and setting up a November contest in which he will be the likely favorite to capture the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Evan Bayh. Coats' opponent will be Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth, a former police officer and county sheriff, who is serving in his second term in Congress. Coats retired from the Senate in 1998 and served as ambassador to Germany during the presidency of George W. Bush. He hasn't lived in Indiana in several years, but ...
Democrats Marshall, Brunner Buck Party in N.C., Ohio Senate Primaries
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyTwo persistent secretaries of state are making for interesting Democratic Senate primaries this week in Ohio and North Carolina. The party establishment anointed other candidates in each state, but the two women refused to step aside. The price of the competitive primaries is clear from the first-quarter financial reports filed last month on the Ohio and North Carolina races. The Democratic nominees in both states, whoever they are, will be starting the general election campaign in deep financial holes. ...
Democratic Senate Primary Race in North Carolina Too Close to Call
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNorth Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall continues to lead former state Sen. Cal Cunningham in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, but with a third of voters still undecided with the approach of Tuesday's primary, the outcome is still up in the air, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted May 1-2. Marshall, the first woman to hold statewide elected office, is running ahead of Cunningham by 28 percent to 21 percent, with Democratic fundraiser and organizer Ken Lewis far behind at 9 percent. Three other candidates are in low single digits and 33 ...
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