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Visiting lecturer Ted Vaden has been hired by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reports. According to the N&O, Vaden will be deputy secretary of communications at the DOT, a position that pays $117,000.
President-elect Barack Obama may add one more electoral vote to his tally, raising the total to 365, once the counting concludes in Nebraska, the New York Times reports. Though Sen. John McCain won the state with 57% of the vote, Obama is currently leading in the area around Omaha. Nebraska, like New Hampshire, allocates its electoral votes proportionally.
The specter of an Obama presidency has led to good business for one retail category: gun shops. As the (Raleigh) News & Observer reports, people have been flocking to gun shops to purchase assault rifles, high capacity magazines and other items they think the Democrats might ban.
As Naureen Khan reported in today's Chronicle, Barack Obama won North Carolina's 15 electoral votes by the slimmest of margins.
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper is officially the most popular Democrat in North Carolina. Cooper picked up 2.5 million votes, or 61% of the electorate in the Nov. 4 election, more than any other candidate.
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Sen. Barack Obama's win in the race for president was greeted with sadness and disbelief here tonight. As 11:00 p.m. passed and the West Coast turned blue, the faces of McCain supporters turned down.
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The Gothic Wonderland has gained some political signage in the run-up to the election. If you have a political sign you'd like to see here, leave a comment and let us know.
