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Davis leading in Senate 5; Taft close behind
Don Davis is the front runner in the state Senate District 5 race with nearly all of Pitt and Wayne county precincts reporting. His home county, Greene, still hadn’t reported its results.
At 9:45 p.m., Davis was leading with 32 percent of the vote, closely followed by Kathy Taft, who had 26 percent of the votes.
Ed Wilson had a slight edge over Tony Moore with 13.46 percent and 13.19 percent of the vote, respectively.
Chuck Stone and Charles Johnson rounded out the ballot with 9.43 percent and 5.38 percent of the vote, respectively.
State law says if the winning candidate doesn’t secure 40 percent of the votes cast, the second-place challenger can call for a second primary.
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