Troxler update
Via our friends at the AP, here's the low down on Tuesday's swearing-in for Steve Troxler. Please note, a tractor is involved.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Agriculture Commissioner-elect Steve Troxler won't delay in getting to work after he's sworn in to office Tuesday morning.
After the ceremony at the State Fairgrounds and a brief reception, Troxler will drive a tractor from west Raleigh to his new office downtown.
The State Board of Elections certified Troxler as the new commissioner Friday following a three-month legal battle with Democratic incumbent Britt Cobb over more than 4,400 missing votes in Carteret County.
Cobb conceded the election to Troxler as the State Board of Elections was to meet a third time to determine how to handle the lost ballots.
The concession prompted the board to certify Troxler as the winner by 2,287 votes among more than 3.3 million cast.
Troxler, a tobacco and wheat farmer from Guilford County, is North Carolina's first Republican commissioner elected by popular vote.
Troxler is expected to be joined by his wife and his two adult sons at the swearing-in, which comes more than three weeks after the official inauguration of other statewide elected officials.
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The demcrats have finally lost and office in Raleigh.
Posted on February 9, 2005 7:25 AM