Wake County school board member Kevin Hill is off to an early lead over challenger Heather Losurdo.
With 1,313 absentee ballots and one-stop votes in, Hill has 67 percent. Losurdo has 33 percent. Hill jumped out to a similar lead on Oct. 11.
Stay tuned to the blog for the rest of the night for updates.
UPDATE
With 14 of 26 precincts in, Hill has 54 percent. Losurdo has 46 percent.
With 24 of 26 precincts in, Hill has 52 percent to Losurdo's 48 percent.
It's over, Hill has 52 percent with all precincts reporting.
Comments
Licking stamps worked
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:20 — liberal1I guess Perry Woods knew a thing or two.
Yes he did. Licking stamps,
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:26 — zandeYes he did. Licking stamps, knocking on doors and having 35 years of education experience means something!
Along with $10 per vote it
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:54 — starsonoursAlong with $10 per vote it gets you 52% of the votes against a candidate you have to create the nastiest personal attack campaign in the history of WCPSS BoE election history. Hardly something to be proud of.
It seems like I read Heather
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 23:01 — liberal1It seems like I read Heather out raised Hill in this runoff. So Hill is beter fiscally then Heather, that should make you happy that he won.
$10 per vote
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 22:52 — Solon77And how much did the GOP spend per vote in a losing effort ? Hill was taken back by what the election process has become. Last time around he and his wife ran the campaign with $6k. The landscape changed in 2009 with the influx of the GOP$, just what do you think would happen this time around ? I did not see one piece out of Hill negative towards Losurdo. On the other hand Lorsurdo's hands were all over the negative attacks on Hill. This vote if more than anything was not Hill or Losurdo but a vote against Tedesco . While people are speculating on the behavior of Evans and Martin - the real story is how Tedesco, Malone, Prickett, and Goldman will react. Will they reach across the aisle or will they sit and pout like two year olds.
I don't recall any reaching
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 23:00 — starsonoursI don't recall any reaching across the aisle by Hill and McLaurin, very little by Sutton and Morrison. And recall a lot of pouting like 2 year olds from all of them. Are you suggesting the new minority emulate the old minority?
and if you think he gives a
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:56 — AngelaWand if you think he gives a crap about any of that, you have never dealt with Hill.
Hopefully good sense will now prevail...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 22:14 — paulastamI pray that the focus will now return to our students and treating the teachers and school staff that work with them with the utmost respect. Such respect was absent at times under Ronnie M's and Tedesco's leadership...
Paula, "Independent, Fair & Speaking Up for MY Kids."
$200k/20k = $10/vote
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:03 — Bob_SconceThat's a heck of a lot of money chasing not so many votes.
?
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:15 — Dove314Does that $200K include the $130K cost of the run-off?
you are right
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:12 — duvalLosurdo should have conceded after the first election and saved everyone a lot of time and money.
Eh....
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 22:03 — Bob_SconceShe came a lot closer than the Dems predicted on Oct 11, when they talked about their polling showing her at 36% in the run-off. A few percentage points separated them in the end.
A big lesson here is that District 3 is seriously divided. The main thing Losurdo had going for her was Hill's record, and it came close to sinking him. I hope that in the next 4 years, when Hill thinks about what's best for district students, the breadth of voices to which he gives serious consideration will be broader than it has been in the past.
YES!!!! Congratulations, Mr.
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:02 — jeannie84YES!!!! Congratulations, Mr. Hill!!!!
Ugh...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:00 — Bob_SconceWell. Best of luck to the board. They'll need it.
Not any more...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:42 — bpuli9999We needed luck to get through the past two years.
and god help WCPSS children
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:03 — AngelaWand god help WCPSS children and families, they'll need it MORE!
So God was not helping...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:43 — bpuli9999the past two years? I guess he doesn't like republicans then?
You're SOOO correct...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:14 — paulastamAngela W, your partisan group of right wing extremists have left quite a mess for the new board to make sense of - starting with the new, highly experimental, and COSTLY student assignment plan that was rushed through at Guiness Book of Records speed and reeks of "let's make up the rules as we play"!!!!
Let's pray indeed for progress...
Paula, "Independent, Fair & Speaking Up for MY Kids."
Paula "who has no idea on
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:17 — AngelaWPaula "who has no idea on earth what she is talking about"
progress WAS being made, now we'll just substitute "achievement seats" for "socioeconomic status" which was substituted for "race" and be back to busing in no time.
politcs-pffft. I've never been about politics doll and if you weren't such a newbie you'd know that.
AngelaW, okay perhaps one shouldn't gloat...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:33 — paulastamit's not beyond the realm of possibility that Losurdo will call a press conference at 6pm tomorrow to announce live that she's requesting a 2nd run-off (and 3rd vote!) since she "narrowed the gap" (vote). On a serious note she lacked the background and preparation to "narrow the gap" in relation to student achievement so seems we had a decent outcome tonight.
Paula, "Independent, Fair & Speaking Up for MY Kids."
Yet she was able to get
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:50 — starsonoursYet she was able to get almost half the votes against someone with 32 years experience in WCPSS. What does that say about Hill? Losurdo endured the nastiest personal attack campaign in Wake County School Board history and still was able get 48% of the vote. Congratulations Ms. Losurdo for enduring the crap you had to deal with.
Paula "moronic babblings
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:42 — AngelaWPaula "moronic babblings never cease"
whatever. Time and busing will tell.
And the surprise of the night
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 20:51 — FSandYOUHill wins!
So much for staying tuned the rest of the night huh.
Mission Accomplished!
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:00 — zandeMission Accomplished!
We are turning the clocks
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:12 — starsonoursWe are turning the clocks back 10 years. What was old is new again!
The tea partiers wanted to turn...
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:44 — bpuli9999it back two hundred years and you are okay with that?
Ha Ha...Really?
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 22:09 — starsonoursHa Ha...Really? And I was afraid they wanted to go back to the Bronze Age, whew what a relief!
Bedford and Wakfield could
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 20:49 — zandeBedford and Wakefield could tighten things up.
They're both in. We're down
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 20:52 — KeungHui (author)They're both in. We're down to 1-42, which is MIllbrook Exchange Park, and 1-45 which is Christ Baptist Church on Newton Road neaer Six Forks Road.
Dup
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 22:24 — zandeDup.