- North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek declined to recuse himself from oversight of a state Senate race recount despite conflict of interest concerns raised by one of the candidates.
North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek declined Monday to recuse himself from oversight of a state Senate race recount in which one candidate says Boliek has a conflict of interest.
Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page holds a narrow lead of 23 votes over Senate leader Phil Berger for the Republican primary in Senate District 26, according to unofficial results.
A 2024 law, authored by Republican legislative leaders, took the power to appoint the State Board of Elections away from incoming Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, and gave it to the incoming Republican auditor, Boliek…