If you recall, Vernon Robinson is the Republican Winston-Salem city councilman who ran for congress last year and lost. He ran hateful ads against Hispanics and tried to scapegoat gays. As councilman, he sponsored resolutions to denounce gays. Tonight he lost his council seat in Winston-Salem by a large margin. Also the W-S City Council only has one Republican left now.
Vernon Robinson, a hard-nose GOP voice on the Winston-Salem City Council for eight years, was headed to a sound election defeat yesterday to Democrat Molly Leight.
The election of Molly Leight, a political newcomer, would give the Democrats a 7-1 advantage on the council. With 11 of the 13 South Ward precincts reporting, Leight had about twice as many votes as Robinson.
Robinson conceded defeat not long after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m., when he saw that he did not carry some of the key precincts in his ward.
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