Nov 07 2008
Underhill Survives By a Hair
With 500 to 1,000 provisional ballots still to be counted in Craven County, unofficial final numbers give Rep. Alice Graham Underhill the N.C. House District 3 seat for a fourth term.
Underhill, a Democrat, had 411 more votes than her closest challenger, Republican Norman Sanderson. Libertarian Herb Sobel came in third.
“That is a small amount, but I don’t recall the last time I saw provisional votes change an election by that many votes,” Sanderson said Wednesday, conceding the race to Underhill.
“I am disappointed because so many people were involved and helped and worked so hard,” he said. “But if Alice won the election, it is the people’s choice, and we will abide by that and see what can be done next time.”
