As a proud parent of two girls (a three year old and a one month old), I'm hoping to take advantage of the "early voting" for the North Carolina primary election next week. I've made up my mind for the top of the ticket, as has my wife (we both moved from Edwards to Obama), but the only thing stopping us from voting is... well... the rest of the ballot. While I follow the presidential race reasonably closely, I know virtually nothing about the rest of the races on the ticket, other than the bad taste in my mouth from some of the television ads I've seen. I'm hoping to get some informed opinions from the Kossack crew. You can consider it part of a "get out the vote" effort (at least on a small scale) if you'd like.
To keep things simple, I'm going to solicit opinions on the "big races"
US SENATE
- Kay Hagan
- Duskin C. Lassiter
- Jim Neal
- Howard Staley
- Marcus W. Williams
GOVERNOR
- Richard H. Moore
- Dennis Nielsen
- Bev Perdue
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
- Walter H. Dalton
- Hampton Dellinger
- Pat Smathers
- Dan Besse
I'm also open to any suggestions about other "downticket" races. I'm in Carrboro (Orange County).
I'm sad that I haven't had the time and energy to really dive into these races, but asking the experts here is the next best thing!