Charlotte, NC gets first Dem Mayor in 22 years!

[timber84]

Mayor Anthony Foxx!

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/

[Clio the Leo]

1. There's your coat tails!!!!

lol, they were in NC all this time! ;)

[Cha]

16. Yeah, I guess the Obama Peeps got

out for that one.:)

[tekisui]

2. NC is still moving blue!

[Kdillard]

3. Some good news. Now if only Owens would be able to hang on I will be a happy camper.

[Bumblebee]

4. Great News!!

[lisa58]

5. now there's some hope....

...Christie is now my gov...but I could move...and I want to....maybe to NC?

[timber84]

7. we have a female dem governor as well ! n/t

[ProSense]

6. Cool! n/t

[firedupdem]

8. Excellent! n/t

[jillan]

9. What??? I have been flipping between CNN and Msnbc and didn't hear this.

And this is the BEST news I've heard so far tonite.

[struggle4progress]

10. I was surprised a few years back to watch Raleigh creep towards the Dems; Charlotte I never

expected to see! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[angee_is_mad]

11. Greensboro's 1st black mayor lost to a wingnut

congratulations Charlotte and pray for us up here in G'boro.
Time for another drink.

[timber84]

12. aw so sorry

move here!

[angee_is_mad]

15. we had a black cops, white Police Chief situation

up here and the white chief got fired and it pissed alot of whites off. So this is a way to get back at black folks.

Our elections are nonpartisian (not really) but everyone has a d or an r behind their name and the repubs have control. It's going to be a rough two years for the black community in Greensboro.

A black police chief was hired to replace the white one who was fired and the new mayor has him in his sight.

[Cha]

17. I'm sorry...I have a young friend who

is going to Greensboro this weekend to check out Guilford College.

[angee_is_mad]

22. 23 yr old WSSU Student Derwin L. Montgomery

was officially elected tonight to the Winston Salem City Council.

For those who don't know WSSU is HBCU, Winston Salem State university. WSSU is a precinct in itself and those students came out full blast in August to vote for their fellow student. He was unoppose this evening.

I'm not sure if he is the youngest person to seat on a city council in NC, but he is the youngest to ever have a seat in Winston Salem.

And yes, he was one of Obama's young guns during the Presidential election.

[PopSixSquish]

13. And That's Where it Starts

Local mayors, city councils, state reps, etc. That's how the wingnuts did it for years. It's time for Democrats to do the same...

[Thrill]

14. Yup we're excited here. I voted for him! Even made a few phone calls for him!!

[Cha]

18. Congratulations, Thrill!

[tilsammans]

19. YAY!!!

And to my freepturd friends and relatives in NC: bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

:bounce:

[rebel with a cause]

20. Haven't you heard?

Any election won by Democratic candidates is unimportant and over rated. That's what I have been reading (between te lines) all night.
By the way David Pluffe (Obama's campaign manager) is kicking Jon Stewart's butt on TDS. haha

[Justitia]

21. Yay! I lived there for a few years. Great news - congrats! -eom

[catgirl]

23. Congrats to Charlotte! N/T

[SIMPLYB1980]

24. Good job to my Democratic friends across the Catawba.

:toast:

[ProgressOnTheMove]

25. The trend is still going Dem no matter what the try and tell you just have to make sure hte vote...

is out for the mid terms like never before though.