The Wake County Republican Party sent a strong signal it has rebounded from its disappointing year in 2008 in today’s voting in local races. The party endorsed nine candidates in races for Wake County School Board, Raleigh City council and the Cary Town Council.
Of the nine, five won election outright. Two additional candidates are expected to win after dominating their three way races.
“This is a terrific showing,” Wake County GOP Chairman Claude E. Pope, Jr. said. “Our candidates worked very hard, and effectively presented a message of fiscal conservatism, personal responsibility, the primacy of families and neighborhoods and government accountability.
“In addition, I want to thank the thousands of dedicated volunteers who worked hard to make these victories happen,” Pope added.
The outright Republican winners were, school board candidates; Chris Malone, Deborah Prickett and Debra Goldman, Raleigh City Council candidate John Odom and Cary Town Council candidate Jack Smith.
Republican-endorsed candidates John Tedesco for school board and Jennifer Robinson for Cary Town Council are expected to win, but may face runoffs. Both candidates finished far ahead in a three way race, but were not clearly across the 50% margin needed to declare victory.
Pope said the party organization would not rest on its laurels. “The elections on November 3, both the runoffs from today’s voting and town elections in various communities throughout the county, are our next focus,” he said. We will spare no effort in trying to elect each and every one of our endorsed candidates in those races,’ he said.
Pope said he was particularly pleased that all four Republican-backed candidates in the school board races had either won or were in the runoff. “That means we still have a chance to reverse the current policies of the status quo board."
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