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Governor’s Race Pits Two Old Pros
MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE
RALEIGH, N.C. — Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory, the winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor, are very good at winning elections.
Perdue, a Democrat has won all nine of her general-election races, two for lieutenant governor and the rest for state legislator.
McCrory, a Republican, also has won all of his elections in 14 years as the mayor of Charlotte and six years as a member of the Charlotte City Council.
Six months from now, one of their winning streaks will end.
On Tuesday, Perdue and McCrory emerged from tough primaries to become their parties’ nominees. They now go head-to-head in a battle to succeed Gov. Mike Easley, a Democrat. (more…)
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