by Early voting in the North Carolina GOP runoff primary started this past Thursday. If what the Complementary Spouse and I experienced is any indication, turnout will be sparse. We went to vote on Friday and were the 16th and 17th voters in a county with almost 45,000 registered Republicans! This doesn’t even count the number of unaffiliated voters who are also eligible to vote in the GOP primary.
Other counties may have a higher turnout as they may have a Congressional candidate for whom to vote. In Buncombe County, it was only the race for Lt. Governor and the race for State Auditor.
As a reminder, the Grass Roots North Carolina – Political Victory Fund has these recommendations:
- US 6th Congressional District – Addison McDowell – his opponent Mark Walker has dropped out but there still may have a runoff.
- US 13th Congressional District – Brad Knott
- Lt. Governor – Hal Weatherman
- State Auditor – none as neither candidate in the runoff submitted GRNC-PVF candidates surveys.
While there is no recommendation by GRNC-PVF for State Auditor, I would note that Jack Clark is a CPA and former auditor while his opponent Dave Boliek, an attorney, only recently became a Republican. You can make of that what you will.