Sam Page topples NC Senate leader, ending Phil Berger's 25-year tenure
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Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page defeated North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger in a tightly contested GOP primary after a full recount, ending Berger’s 25-year hold on the Senate. Page led by 23 votes after provisional counts and the result was confirmed, leaving Republicans with a Senate supermajority (the House remains one vote short). Berger plans to finish his term, while Page will take the Guilford and Rockingham counties seat.
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