On Monday evening, Durham for Obama held its candidate forum (along with an endorsement straw poll), featuring these Democratic Senatorial Candidates from North Carolina: Lexington native and former State Senator and Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, Cal Cunningham, Durham Attorney Ken Lewis, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and Lumberton attorney Marcus W. Williams.
The primary winner will face incumbent Richard "Bank Run" Burr in the fall.
The event took place in Durham at St. Joseph's AME Church, and the turnout was good. Immediately following the Candidate Forum, there was Endorsement voting. I received the straw poll results from Durham for Obama's Faulkner Fox around 10:30 PM ET:
Ken Lewis 57.67%
Elaine Marshall 32.42%
Cal Cunningham 8.25%
Marcus Williams 1.65%
The caveat: there will not be an official endorsement from DFO because it had set the bar for endorsement at 70%.
I Tweeted the forum and shot video. It's all below the fold.
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