A brief look at results of Tuesday’s Presidential Primaries:
California Clinton 56.3% Sanders 42.7%
Montana Sanders 51.0 % Clinton 44.6%
New Jersey Clinton 63.3% Sanders 36.7%
New Mexico Clinton 51.5% Sanders 48.5%
North Dakota Sanders 64.2% Clinton 25.6%
South Dakota Clinton 51.0% Sanders 49.0%
Donald Trump was the Republican winner, with no opposition.
Highlights from selected NC Congressional primaries:
2nd District:
George Holding 53%
Renee Elmers 24%
Greg Bannon 200 votes less than Elmers.
9th District:
Rep. Robert Pittenger leads Mark Harris by 142 votes.
7th District:
Rep. David Rouzer (unopposed)
In the race for NC Supreme Court:
Edmunds 234,142
Morgan 167,221
Faires 58,588
Robertson 27,220
A light turnout was reported across the state.
To be continued….
Barack Obama is the USA’s 44th President, but there actually have only been 43 presidents: Grover Cleveland was elected for two non-consecutive terms and is counted twice, as the 22nd and 24th president.
Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006), 38th President of the USA, is the only US President who was never elected as either President of Vice President.
Eight Presidents were born British subjects: Washington, J. Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, J.Q. Adams, Jackson and W. Harrison.
The tallest president was Lincoln at 6’4″, and Madison was the shortest at 5’4″.
One more:
The word ‘politics’ is derived from the word ‘poly’, meaning ‘many’ and word ‘ticks’, meaning ‘blood sucking parasites’. Larry Hardiman