2012 results by county

WHY THE SENATE ELECTION IN 2014 IS SO IMPORTANT

ObamaCare etc. cannot be repealed

GOP cannot pass any law/force veto with only the House

Executive orders cannot be overridden

Senate ratifies treaties (UN Gun Control)

Senate confirms judges, cabinet etc.

Republican 2012 results in NC bode well for 2014

‐ 2012 GENERAL ELECTION FAST FACTS ‐Statewide Voter Turnout: 68.4% ; 4,546,330 ballots cast out of 6,649,188 registered voters ‐ down slightly from 70% turnout in 2008 presidential election

Presidential Race in NC: Mitt Romney (R) 50.5% / Barack Obama (D) 48.3%

Governor: Pat McCrory (R) 54.7% / Walter Dalton (D) 43.2%Lt. Governor: Dan Forest (R) leads Linda Coleman (D) by only 11,206 votes likely recount‐Council of State: All incumbents defended their seats against challenges

N.C. Supreme Court: Paul Newby 51.97% / Sam Ervin, IV 48.03%N.C. Court of Appeals: Incumbents Linda McGee and Wanda Bryant won re election. Incumbent Cressie Thigpen lost to challenger ‐Chris Dillon ‐ in all three cases, the winner’s name appeared first on the ballot

NC 2012 Results• Republicans gained 3 (maybe 4) seats in Congress (9:4 vs 6:7)• NC Senate: 32-18 vs. 31-19• NC House: 77-43 vs. 68-52

CONCLUSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS

Lower turnout nationally, narrow victory for Obama

Real significance of Obama victory will come in 2014 Republicans mopped up in North Carolina, did even

better in Beaufort County

Straight party voting defeated Lawson and Cook Gang of 5 has been broken up. Paired voting and

marked sample ballots work

The Conservative Movement in Beaufort County is alive and well, and growing

CLOSING THOUGHT

If each person in this room tonight identified 10 people who believe

in the same principles we believe in and got each of those 10 people

to vote for a conservative Republican in November 2014, and got

each of these people to do likewise with 10 people they identified,

we could replace Kay Hagan with a Republican who would vote to

control Barack Obama in his last two years.

Just 10 people getting 10 people would be all that would be needed.