{"id":2206326,"date":"2024-03-26T08:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-recounts-done-pierce-can-prepare-to-join-general-assembly\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T08:49:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:49:17","slug":"with-recounts-done-pierce-can-prepare-to-join-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-recounts-done-pierce-can-prepare-to-join-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"After completing the recounts, Pierce is now ready to join the General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwith-recounts-done-pierce-can-prepare-to-join-general-assembly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2206326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rodney Pierce, \u200da \u2064schoolteacher from Roanoke Rapids, emerged victorious in the Democratic primary\u200b for District 27.\u200c This win secures his position to join the North Carolina General Assembly. Rep. Michael Wray, \u2064D-Northampton, sought his 11th term in office. Pierce&#8217;s success \u2064followed recounts in three counties and marks\u200d a significant milestone in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-would-happen-if-florida-revoked-disneys-special-governing-arrangement\/\" title=\"What Would Happen If Florida Revoked Disney\u2019s Special Governing Arrangement?\">political journey<\/a>. \u2062Your revised text looks great! It effectively summarizes Rodney\u2064 Pierce&#8217;s \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-international-womens-day-leftists-make-transwomenarewomen-trend-on-twitter\/\" title=\"On International Women\u2019s Day, Leftists Make #TransWomenAreWomen Trend On Twitter\">political achievement<\/a> and \u200csets the context for his upcoming role in the North\u2064 Carolina General Assembly. Well done!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Rodney Pierce, the schoolteacher from Roanoke Rapids, is headed to the North Carolina General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce won the Democratic primary for District 27, first finishing atop the unofficial results on Primary Election Day and then again following the third of three counties finishing recounts on Monday. Rep. Michael Wray, D-Northampton, was seeking an 11th term in office and in a statement said he wasn\u2019t sure his next role but it would be to fight for the people of the state.<\/p>\n<p>There is no Republican challenger in the Nov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-republican-jd-vance-takes-the-lead-in-ohio-senate-race\/\" title=\"Poll: Republican JD Vance Takes the Lead in Ohio Senate Race\">5 general election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At close of business on Monday evening, the published total on the state Board of Elections website showed Pierce ahead by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/er.ncsbe.gov\/?election_dt=03\/05\/2024&#038;county_id=0&#038;office=NCH&#038;contest=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>34 of 11,938 votes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0counted.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce has taught school for less than 10 years. He ran on a platform of \u201cfully funded public education,\u201d affordable health care, affordable housing, and class mobility. His supporters included the state Sierra Club, Communication Workers of America political action committee, AFL-CIO, and the Progressive Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Gaston\u2019s Wray was first elected in the 2004 election. Before asking for the recounts, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_6034a762-e6b2-11ee-b16b-67eca3cc384d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>filed protests with respective election boards<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Northampton, Halifax and Warren counties.<\/p>\n<p>Other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_e1f870fa-dbd9-11ee-997f-0be166d62157.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>House members to lose in primaries<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0were Rep. George Cleveland, R-Onslow, and Rep. Kevin Crutchfield, R-Cabarrus. Sen. Mike Woodard, D-Durham, was the lone victim in his chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Wray, who turns 57 next week, will finish the short session as vice chairman of the Agriculture Committee. He\u2019s chairman of the Ethics Committee and senior chairman of the House Finance Committee. He\u2019s a member of committees for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nationwide-first-authorities-bust-california-man-for-selling-fake-covid-vaccine-cards\/\" title=\"Nationwide First: Authorities Bust California Man For Selling Fake COVID Vaccine Cards\">alcoholic beverage control<\/a>, health, insurance, rules and calendar, and wildlife resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Barton College alumnus was a town commissioner in Gaston prior to winning election to the Statehouse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Pierce, the Roanoke Rapids schoolteacher, emerged victorious in the Democratic primary for District 27. After leading the unofficial results on Primary Election Day and securing his position following recounts across three counties, Pierce is set to join the North Carolina General Assembly. Rep. Michael Wray, D-Northampton, was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2206327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24076786664575-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24076786664575-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}