North Carolina

littlemissmartypants

(33,330 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:22 PM 8 hrs ago

Phil Berger Lost

It's official: NC Republicans’ longest serving Senate leader just lost re-election.

Phil Berger lost his seat by 23 votes. If anyone ever feels like their vote doesn't matter, remind them that two dozen folks ousted one of the most powerful people in NC politics.

It's official: NC Republicansâ€™ longest serving Senate leader just lost re-election.

Phil Berger lost his seat by 23 votes. If anyone ever feels like their vote doesn't matter, remind them that two dozen folks ousted one of the most powerful people in NC politics.
— NC Democrats (@ncdemocrats.bsky.social) 2026-03-24T21:25:49.411Z

Haha. 🤭😃

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Phil Berger Lost (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago OP

Yay!!! SheltieLover 8 hrs ago #1

SWEET ! dweller 8 hrs ago #2

for those of us not up on NC local and state politics, mwmisses4289 7 hrs ago #3

Not yet! This was the Republican primary mtngirl47 6 hrs ago #5

Congrats South Carolina! 2naSalit 7 hrs ago #4

Another candidate endorsed by Trump!! progressoid 4 hrs ago #6

SheltieLover

(80,220 posts)

1. Yay!!!

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:32 PM

8 hrs ago

dweller

(28,367 posts)

2. SWEET !

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:32 PM

8 hrs ago

✌🏻

mwmisses4289

(4,063 posts)

3. for those of us not up on NC local and state politics,

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:55 PM

7 hrs ago

does this mean dems flipped another repub seat in the u.s.?

mtngirl47

(1,242 posts)

5. Not yet! This was the Republican primary

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:11 PM

6 hrs ago

Berger was all powerful head of the rethugs in NC and he lost by a few votes to a local long time rethug sheriff.

He represented a totally red district, so we probably won't get a flip there, but there is lots of hope that our state goes back to being solid purple this fall!

2naSalit

(102,571 posts)

4. Congrats South Carolina!

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:55 PM

7 hrs ago

progressoid

(53,136 posts)

6. Another candidate endorsed by Trump!!

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 12:00 AM

4 hrs ago

Plus...
"Page’s campaign was outspent by Berger’s campaign by more than 40-to-1 through mid-February, finance reports show. "

And he still lost.

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