Obama Carries Watauga
05/09/08
Sen. Barack Obama won the Democratic presidential primary in
Watauga County,
one of two North Carolina
mountain counties that went for Obama (the other was Buncombe Co.). The final Watauga
tally was 4,570 votes for Obama to 3,645 for Hillary Clinton. (Vote totals are
pre-canvass numbers.)
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Obama Wins Watauga County Straw Poll
04/20/08
Attendees at Saturday’s
Watauga County Democratic Party convention gave 65 percent of their votes to presidential
candidate Barack Obama, with rival candidate Hillary Clinton receiving just
under 35 percent in the first ever Democratic presidential straw poll. Some 121
convention delegates and guests voted.
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Early Voting Locations
04/14/08
Early voting in the May 6 North Carolina primary will begin Thursday,
April 17, at 8 a.m. in two Watauga County locations – the Agricultural
Conference Center off Poplar Grove Rd. and in the Board of Elections office on
the ground floor of the County Courthouse.
Early voting will continue every weekday in those two
locations, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., through May 2. Early voting will end on Saturday,
May 3, at 1 p.m.
ASU College Democrats are sponsoring two “marches” to the
polls for early voting. The first will be on Thursday, April 17. Students will
gather at noon in the ASU College Bookstore courtyard for the march to the Courthouse.
They will be joined on the march by members of the Boone Town Council.
College Democrats will also sponsor a march on the
last day of early voting, Sat., May 3. Students will gather again at noon on
that day at the College Bookstore courtyard and will march to the Courthouse to
make the 1 p.m. poll closing time.
Presidential Preference Straw Poll
04/05/08
Delegates and registered
guests at the annual convention of the Watauga County Democratic Party will be
invited to vote in a presidential preference straw poll. Results of the voting
will be announced prior to adjournment of the convention.
The convention will begin at
noon on Saturday, April 19, with delegate check-in and a potluck luncheon in
the lobby area outside the main courtroom on the top floor of the county
courthouse. The convention will convene at 1 p.m.
Voting in the straw poll
will go on during the lunch hour. Two candidates will be on the straw poll
ballot: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
“We know there is unusually
high interest in this primary election,” said party chair Diane Tilson, “but we
thought it would be both fun and interesting to gauge the preferences of some
of the county’s most politically active Democrats.”
The convention this year will also feature messages
from Democratic candidates on the May 6 primary ballot and on the November 4
general election ballot, among other business. Several proposed resolutions
will also come before the convention for debate and voting.
Watauga County Democratic Convention
03/31/08
The Watauga County Democratic
Party will convene for its annual convention on Saturday, April 19, in
the main courtroom of the county courthouse. The convention will be
open to delegates, guests, and visitors.
The convention will kick off with delegate registration and a pot-luck
luncheon at noon. The convention business session will convene at 1 p.m.
Among the business to be conducted will be the election of delegates to
the district and state Democratic conventions, election of members of
state Senate, House, and Prosecutorial district executive committees,
and the consideration of resolutions submitted to the convention by
precincts and individuals.
Convention attendees will also hear from Democratic candidates on the
ballot this year. A complete list of those candidates can be found by
clicking on the “Candidates 2008" tab in the left-hand column
above.
Rival Candidates Carter and Hamby to Speak at Democratic Women’s Club
March 17, 2008
Both Roy Carter and Diane Hamby,
rival candidates in the May 6 Democratic primary for the Fifth District
Congressional race, will be featured speakers at the March 26
Democratic Women’s Club luncheon at the Broyhill Inn &
Conference Center.
The winner in the May primary will be on the general election ballot in November challenging incumbent Republican Virginia Foxx.
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Senate Hopeful Jim Neal Visits Boone
March 17, 2008
BOONE, 15 March 2008 -- Democratic senatorial candidate Jim
Neal spoke to Watauga
County voters at Espresso
News Saturday afternoon.
Neal is one of five candidates vying in the May 6 primary
for the privilege to face Republican incumbent Senator Liddy Dole this
November.
Responding
to a wide range of questions, Neal spoke at length about “the perfect storm”
now arising in our economy. He mentioned that in 2001, gasoline was $1.46 a
gallon and is now $3.18, and everyone expects it to top $4.00 by the end of
this year. Over 37,000 North Carolinians lost
their homes in 2007 due to foreclosure. The median family income in North Carolina actually declined almost 13 percent from 2000 to
2006.
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Democratic Party Announces Precinct Meeting Locations
Feb. 25, 2008
The Watauga County Democratic Party will hold annual
precinct meetings on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the following
locations. (Make-up meetings in case of inclement weather or failure of a quorum
will be on Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m.)
The business of the meetings will be the election of delegates to the County Convention
(Saturday, April 19), the filling of any vacant positions among
precinct officers, the consideration of precinct resolutions to the County Convention,
and other business.
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Democratic Party Announces Precinct Meetings, County Convention Dates
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
The Watauga County Democratic Party announced today that annual
precinct meetings will be held county-wide on Tuesday, March 11th at
7:30 p.m. The main business of the 2008 precinct meetings will be the
election of County Convention delegates.
A complete list of precinct meeting locations will be published soon.
The County Convention will be held Saturday, April 19th,
starting with a pot-luck luncheon at noon. The convention will convene
at 1 p.m.
The convention will feature all local, district, and state-wide Democratic candidates (or their surrogates).
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