poll: RINO NC senate boss Phil Berger behind by 10 points to conservative in primary | Eastern NC Now

One of the most hated RINOs in the legislature, arrogant liberal state senate boss Phil Berger is trailing by almost 10 points in his primary, according to the most recent poll. His conservative challenger is Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.  This, in spite of Berger spending $12 million is special interest money trashing Page in the district. The poll has  Page leading at 41.9% to Berger's 32.4% with the remainder undecided.

In spite of the millions spent trashing Page, Page emerges with a higher favorability rating among voters than Berger.  The poll found that Page had a 52% favorable rating to 23% unfavorable, or +29 points.  Berger, on the other hand had a rating of 44% favorable to 43% unfavorable, or only +1 point.

https://dailyhaymaker.com/poll-sam-page-up-by-ten-over-phil-berger/

Meanwhile, Berger himself is lashing out at House conservatives who have blocked some of Berger's liberal special interest legislation.  He has recruited challengers to the six key leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. One of his operatives in finding challengers against the House conservatives was liberal Rep. Jimmy Dixon of Duplin County, the man who killed the most important gun rights bill in the last session, and who himself is well known as little more than a tool of the special interests, like Berger.  This group says it plans to spend $4 million in special interest money against the House conservatives.  One of their targets is local conservative State Rep. Keith Kidwell, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus.

Berger has been a tool of the special interests and of former liberal Democrat Governor Roy Cooper in passing Cooper's key legislative priorities.  First, Berger spearheaded the repeal of HB2 so that biological men could be allowed into womens restrooms and locker rooms.  Then Berger pulled a legislative power play to pass in an underhanded maneuver Cooper's NC Green New Deal, which will cost electric ratepayers a wad of money.  His next big boost for Cooper and the special interests was to push through the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, contrary to the NC Republican platform.  Berger has been such a prostitute for the liberal special interests and for Cooper, that he ought to mount a red light above his office door.

Recent Berger failures, courtesy of being blocked in the House by the Freedom Caucus, include his attempt to allow casinos all over the state and his attempt to shut down NC's shrimping industry and put NC's shrimpers out of work. The latter was a favor for radical but well funded environmentalist groups.  Like most of the Berger liberal ploys, they were all about the special interest dollars.