Sam Page

Berger filed four protests Tuesday. He also requested a machine recount in the race, which began Tuesday in Guilford County.

Berger says there are several "overvotes" and hundreds of "undervotes" in Senate District 26 election, asks elections board members to visually check those ballots.

Berger, North Carolina's longtime state Senate leader, trails by 23 votes after the county canvass. His campaign says some voters in Guilford County who should have had that senate district on their ballots swear they did not.

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page led the Senate's Republican leader by two votes heading into Friday's tally of provisional ballots. It is now 23 votes.

After Election Day voting was tallied, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page led Republican Senate leader Phil Berger by two votes. But there may be more ballots to count.

Page held a significant lead in the two politicians' home of Rockingham County, and Berger could not catch up in rural Guilford County. The race is almost certainly headed to a recount.

The Trump endorsement is highly coveted in competitive Republican primaries.

With sitting Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson seeking a higher office, the race for the next lieutenant governor of North Carolina is wide open.

Three inmates under 30 died in February 2021 of self-inflicted injuries, leading Page to pledge to step up suicide-risk training and possibly increase detention center staff.

Sheriffs in North Carolina are signing new agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under the new Warrant Service Officer program, local…