With 94 of 96 precincts reporting, it appears Democrats will take the N.C. House and Senate seats for Buncombe County districts. Incumbents Sen. Martin Nesbitt and Rep. D. Bruce Goforth will keep their seats, while Jane Whilden won a close race to take a seat left open by Republican Charles Thomas. Rep. Susan Fisher, meanwhile, ran unopposed and won again.
The unofficial results list the following preliminary totals (listed first as number of votes and then as percentage of votes cast):
N.C. House 114: Susan C. Fisher (Dem): 28,149 100%
(Unopposed)
N.C. House 115: D. Bruce Goforth (Dem): 27,670 67.46%
Paul Purdue (Rep) : 13,349 32.54%
N.C. House 116: Jane Whilden (Dem): 19,913 51.70%
Tim Moffett (Rep) 18,604 48.30%
N.C. Senate 49: Martin Nesbitt (Dem): 55,887 65.65%
R.L. Clark (Rep): 29.236 34.35%
— Brian Postelle, staff writer
