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Tuesday's editorial:

During October, we offered endorsements in most national, state and local races on Guilford County ballots, as well as tax and bond questions. These aren’t directives. We just ask readers to consider them informed opinions. We only insist that everyone vote.

Here’s a recap. Candidates are designated D for Democrat or R for Republican, except where elections are nonpartisan. We didn’t comment on uncontested races.


U.S. Senate

Kay Hagan, D

U.S. House of Representatives
6th District: Howard Coble, R
12th District: Mel Watt, D
13th District: Brad Miller, D

Governor
Pat McCrory, R

Lieutenant governor
Walter Dalton, D

Attorney generalRoy Cooper, D

Auditor
Leslie Merritt, R

Agriculture commissioner
Steve Troxler, R

Insurance commissioner
Wayne Goodwin, D

Labor commissioner
Mary Fant Donnan, D

Secretary of state
Elaine Marshall, D

State superintendent
June Atkinson, D

State treasurer
Bill Daughtridge, R

State Senate
District 27: Don Vaughan, D
State House
District 58: Alma Adams, D
State House
District 59: No endorsement

Guilford County commissioner
At-large: Paul Gibson, D, and Larry Proctor, R
District 4: Kirk Perkins, D

N.C. Supreme Court justice
Robert H. (Bob) Edmunds Jr.

N.C. Court of Appeals judges
James A. (Jim) Wynn
Sam J. Ervin IV
Doug McCullough
Linda Stephens
John S. Arrowood

Guilford District Court judges
Susan Burch
Robert Enochs
A. Robinson Hassell
Betty J. Brown
Polly D. Sizemore

Guilford County school board
At-large: Michael McKinney
District 3: Darlene Garrett

Guilford County sales tax
For

Greensboro bonds

Street improvements: Yes

War Memorial Auditorium: Yes

Parks and Recreation: No

Housing: Yes

High Point City Council
At-large: Latimer B. Alexander IV and Mary Lou Andrews Blakeney
Ward 2: Julius Clark
Ward 6:John Faircloth

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Doug Johnson said:

WHO CARES? Many of your former picks are in jail*. Many more should be! Informed decision BS.My opinion anyone that would endorse Roy Cooper, are Kay Hagan, is any thing but informed.

Roch101 said:

We? Unanimous? What's wrong with attaching names of the endorsers?

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