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Get ready to vote in November

North Carolina voters are in for an interesting -- and perhaps exciting -- general election campaign. Candidates in several primary races defied the odds Tuesday and won more than 40 percent of the vote in multi-candidate races, thereby avoiding runoffs. In addition to boosting Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, North Carolina voters this week set up state contests that will be decided Nov. 7. On that date, North Carolina will elect a new governor and lieutenant gove ...

   

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Letters
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