Phil Berger machine decimated in his home county of Rockingham | Eastern NC Now
all local races go to allies of Sheriff Sam Page
As the drama over Sheriff Page's 2 vote victory over RINO state senate boss Phil Berger continues with Page allies seeking to hold on to the victory and Berger's trying to overturn it, Berger's allies have all been defeated in his home county of Rockingham. Page won handily among county voters, with Berger's strength being mostly in the Guilford County part of the district.
Two incumbent Berger allies were soundly defeated on the county commission. With one of the holdover commissioners being an ally of Sam Page, the Rockingham County Commission will now have a 3 to 2 anti-Berger majority. Berger's son will go from being county commission chairman to part of the two seat minority.
Berger ally Rep. Reece Pryttle also went down to defeat by an ally of Sheriff Page. Page also saw one of his allies elected to succeed him as sheriff. The once dominant Berger machine was batting zero on election night in his home county.
https://dailyhaymaker.com/even-more-page-berger-aftershocks-fallout/
UPDATE: After the counting of provisional ballots, Sam Page's lead over Berger has increased to 23 votes. There are still some military ballots out as well as the recount.
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The primary race at the top of the ticket was a huge disappointment for conservatives too. Don Brown was a good candidate. A worthy candidate. Michael Whatley and Thom Tillis have done more than any I can think of to turn North Carolina blue. The corrupt North Carolina GOP has worked hard to give us this crap.
Locally, we can see the same thing with the corrupt Beaufort County Republican Party. With party leadership embracing ultra-liberals and shunning conservative officeholders, we are witnessing a recipe for party disaster. It's time for conservatives to recognize the situation and react on our own. This party is a long way from representing anything remotely connected to Jesse Helms, John East, or Lauch Faircloth. The party platform has been thrown out the window. The party plan of organization has been flushed. We can't be nice to these horrible, incompetent, corrupt people any longer. It's not like they are nice to us. They are destroying our community. If conservatives do not organize and react to this situation, we will be a blue state for a long, long time and our community will be too corrupt to fix. Berger may be on the way out, but we still have a lot of work to do. |
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CV: Agreed - Don Brown was the best choice to represent the Republican platform, the Conservative platform in the 2026 General Election for US Senate.
It is also agreed that those hoping for a conservative majority on the Beaufort County Commission should work to elect their candidate who they believe to best suited for their needs, and then let the chips fall where they may. I will work with whatever Republicans that will caucus with myself and The Hood. Those that will not caucus with the two commissioners with the most experience and knowledge will be forced to form their own Center-Left/ Left Coalition with whatever Democratic Socialists are left on our board of commissioners, and that will seal their political fate just as they wished it to be. That is simply the "Math of It." One more thing: Those members of the local electorate that wish to be governed by a Conservative styled local government will be unhappy with whatever they get unless they gain the knowledge of what a Conservative styled local government is at its core, and how it must be politically constructed in this age where inexperienced politicians - like Frankie Waters and Randy Waters - always get rolled by the bureaucrats; not unlike children playing with boys far too big and far too strong, and in the context of politics ... Those far too wise for their simple cognitive abilities here in Beaufort County. |
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I missed one important primary race in my earlier comment. The loss of the only conservative, and the only real shot at beating Roy Cooper, namely Don Brown, in the US Senate primary is a huge loss for our state. Tillis-acolyte Whatley, I'm afraid, does not have what it takes to beat Cooper.
VZ, from watching the meetings on TV, I would put the dominant liberals as Carolyn Walker and T.W. Allen. Eltha Booth votes with them but she usually just sits and votes. Williams is definite a swing vote, and sometimes, so is Hudson. Stan, we do not need any more splitting votes. All conservatives need to vote for you. That is what all of my family did in the first round and we will in November. Anyone else who we cannot get to do that, we need to try to push to Woolard if we can. Issues-wise, I think Woolard will work with the conservative team much more so than Edwards. |
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CV: Question about your school board assessment. When you broke down the conservative, liberal and swing vote categories I certainly agree about who the four conservatives are: Rader, Hickman, S. Davis, and Shreve. I get a little fuzzy with the rest although the liberals are without a doubt led by Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Booth. I think Williams is a swing vote, but I'm not sure what category to place Allen and Hudson. Which one do you consider the liberal and which one the swing?
For obvious reason the two new primary winners appear to be coming from the left. In the county commission race Deatherage is the only proven conservative. His record speaks for itself. I'm hopeful about Woolard. Edwards has some red flags for conservatives. He needs to better explain his economic development comments. We've seen this movie before and already know how it ends for taxpaying residents. I guess we'll have to see about the state house situation. We had better keep our eyes open on that start to finish. In the congressional primary we are once again the victims of too many candidates in a 30 percent threshold race. Damn. |
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These are truly "bizarro" times for the Common Sense Conservative. The treatment of Brian McGinnis, who is a patriot and Marine Corps veteran, is eerily similar to how knowledgeable patriots within our County are/have been treated, on several occasions, by those who've been trying to turn the GOP into a Neo-Con echo chamber.
The Republicans who made this particular cut need to be cautious of who and what they align with; things could further go to hell for the GOP if Uncle Donnie keeps silencing questioning of the US Military being the muscle for Israel. To sum it all up, people like Commissioner Deatherage aren't Neo-Cons or local bizarro libtards; they give a damn and are trying to wake folks up while there's still time. If the community doesn't come together and call out the bad actors, we're going to be in a very bad way and surrounded on all sides. If everybody's got money on the line, people tend to pay attention. |
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23 votes? That ought to hold in a recount. Looks like voters have "flipped the Berger." Great news for North Carolina and especially conservatives. Unfortunately, there are too many Berger clones in his inner circle and one of them is likely to be the new Berger.
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Stan, you are the Top Choice for conservative voters. Others can talk about cutting taxes, but your record is the proven deal. In twenty some years, you have never voted for a tax increase, and often made motions to reduce spending and taxes. That record needs to get out to voters in November more than it got out in the primary. If it does, you can easily be top votegetter. But to get tax cuts and a real Republican majority, you need Ashley Woolard running second, not John Edwards. I am certain Woolard will back you up on those things but I question whether Edwards would. I know you have got to run your own race, but others need to pass the word that Edwards is the weak link on taxes and spending.
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court earlier said it had "grave concerns" about move
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Beaufort County residents deserve lower taxes and should demand them from government.
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Cheryl Hines. Dennis Quaid. Nicki Minaj. All became associated with the Trump administration. What happened next?
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"Pay no attention to the folks behind the curtain" was their preference but things are beginning to come to light.
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Smoke and mirrors keep county citizens paying higher taxes.
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Understanding how parties work is important for making informed decisions regarding elected officials.
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Constant schedule/venue changes and double standards continue.
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I am prayerful that things will change, but I am also in NO way sanguine that a real Beaufort County GOP will emerge from these self imposed ashes that will be helpful to this proven Conservative in his Conservative quest to continue to serve the good People of Beaufort County.