2026 Election

More than a month after the primary, the biggest spender opposing Senate leader Phil Berger finally filed a disclosure report listing its donors. But the report leaves more questions than answers about who funded the Guilford-Rockingham Alliance’s $453,000 campaign to help Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.

Most of South Carolina’s Republican candidates for governor met Wednesday night in Newberry for their first debate of the campaign, focusing heavily on affordability in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states.

Young Latino voters in Mecklenburg County turned out in higher numbers in this month’s primary election, but participation is still low in the Latino community as a whole.

The recount involved ballots from three precincts across the district. Berger needed to gain two votes to trigger a full recount. He did not.

Senate leader Phil Berger is calling for a second recount in his close Republican primary race with Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. A machine recount wrapped up Thursday without changing Page's 23-vote lead. But state law allows Berger to seek a hand-to-eye recount of randomly selected ballots, a process that would likely begin next week.

A machine recount is underway following the state's normal procedure, but Senate leader Phil Berger wants election officials to perform a hand-to-eye recount on certain types of ballots.

Senate leader Phil Berger’s primary campaign raised 34 times as much money as his challenger, Rockingham County Sam Page, but Page’s candidacy was boosted by four outside groups — most of which haven’t disclosed much about their donors and spending.

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.

As a recount (and possible election legal challenges) loom in the close primary between Senate leader Phil Berger and Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, Page is raising concerns over whether the process can be handled fairly.