Another NC Democrat declares victory.
RALEIGH - The North Carolina Board of Elections certified Democrat June Atkinson as the state's next Superintendent of Public Instruction after several weeks of recounts and legal wrangling.
http://www.news-record.com/news/now/elex113004.htm
This was an extremely close, very important race. The Republican, Bill Fletcher, was a former businessman with no experience working in education, and was an evangelical, pointedly homophobic conservative. Atkinson has 30 years of experience as a teacher and strongly supports (finally) implementing science based sex education in North Carolina schools.
This is just one more success for local Dems, as they have taken control of the state house, expanded their control of the state senate, and won the Governership, Lt. Governership, and most other state wide races.
The only remaining contested state wide race is for Commissioner of Agriculture.