{"id":63300,"date":"2026-03-25T11:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63300"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:07:46","slug":"every-vote-counts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63300","title":{"rendered":"Every Vote Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The Daily Haymaker<\/a> reported that Phil Berger had conceded in his primary election. Sheriff Sam Page won the primary election by 23 votes.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

…Initially, he was a good counter-weight to the \u00a0left-of-center antics of House speaker Thom Tillis<\/span> and governor Pat McCrory<\/span>. \u00a0However, as those two moved on \u2014 it appeared Berger started to enjoy the perks of Raleigh a wee bit too much. \u00a0Berger built a machine with tentacles extending into just about every aspect of governing. \u00a0His team \u2014 not local parties \u2014 was picking candidates to run for the General Assembly. \u00a0Money became a very important ingredient to the legislative process. Eventually, all of the legislative branch\u2019s significant decisions were being made in and around Berger\u2019s offices. A handful of folks were often calling the shots while everyone else sat around waiting for instructions. \u00a0(In 2024, the Berger machine managed to get two of their own folks elected to the positions of state auditor and state treasurer.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was Phil Berger\u2019s world. \u00a0We were just allowed to live in it \u2014 for a price<\/span>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a Democrat candidate awaiting Sam Page<\/span> in November. \u00a0We hear state Democrats are dumping money on this guy, and that Roy Cooper <\/span>and Josh Stei<\/span>n have both appeared with him for photo ops. \u00a0 Perhaps they are hoping they can pull off an upset in the wake of a very turbulent GOP primary. \u00a0But the district is very, very, very Republican-leaning.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We also hear word that a search for Berger\u2019s replacement as senate president pro tem is underway. \u00a0Of course, that only matters if the GOP holds on to its majority. \u00a0The names we\u2019ve heard so far: \u00a0Bill Rabon<\/span> of Brunswick County, Mike Lee<\/span> of New Hanover, and Todd Johnson<\/span> of Union County. \u00a0In our view, all three would be more of the same. The climate of fear and intimidation needs to be lifted forever from the senate chamber and the legislative buildings. \u00a0And, of course, ditch the pay-to-play.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As a member of the Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association, I have made numerous trips to Raleigh to support various issues. Phil Berger has not represented the views of North Carolina’s voters. This is a chance to make a change. We need the Senate to elect a leader with integrity who will represent the voters in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, The Daily Haymaker reported that Phil Berger had conceded in his primary election. Sheriff Sam Page won the primary election by 23 votes. The article notes: …Initially, he was a good counter-weight to the \u00a0left-of-center antics of House … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12932,7408,19243,10792],"class_list":["post-63300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-n-c-senate-leader-phil-berger","tag-primary-election","tag-rockingham-county-sheriff-sam-page","tag-the-daily-haymaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63301,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63300\/revisions\/63301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}