Elections
It is election season, just in case the recent blossom of yard signs hasn’t tipped you off. With about four weeks to go before Nov. 7, I figured now would be a good time to look at what we’ve been doing and what the paper will be doing in terms of legislative elections, state and federal. (For local election news, check out Inside Scoop.
With regard to state legislative races, some of the coverage has already begun right here in my little slice of cyberspace. I’ve posted columns with audio on four Greensboro state house races so far. They are:
- House 57. Pricey Harrison vs. Ron Styers.
- House 58. Alma Adams vs. Olga Morgan Wright
- House 59. Maggie Jeffus vs. Jim Rumley
- House 60. Earl Jones vs. Bill Wright
In addition to the postings here, each of those will get additional coverage in the newspaper (you remember, that rolled up thing that lands in your driveway every morning) over the next month. In all cases, we will have at least what we call an “alternative story form” that gives biographical information, two or three questions and answers and some race analysis.
In some cases we may write more about an individual race as it warrants, or cover an issue that it cutting across campaigns.
We will run something on House District 70, which is in Randolph County.
Rockingham County-based races, including Senate 26 (Republican Phil Berger’s re-election contest against Rick Miller) and House 65, (Democrat Nelson Cole’s re-election bid versus Republican Michael Moore) will be covered for the paper by my colleague Gerald Witt. When those stories run, I’ll post links here.
There are also a few Congressional seats of local interest up for grabs. My colleague Margaret Banks will be doing the heavy lifting on races in the 12th Congressional District (currently held by Mel Watt) and the 6h Congressional District (currently held by Howard Coble).
I will continue to write about the Fightin’ 13th Congressional District race between Democratic incumbent Brad Miller and Republican Vernon Robinson.
There will, of course, be some other things to come up that aren’t listed here. For those, stay tuned.