Monday's Internet Edition, September 06, 2010.
Veteran Says Election Sends Mixed Signals
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Two incumbent school board members and a county commissioner lost bids for new terms, but reading political tea leaves is an inexact science.
Instead of voter anger, maybe it was good old-fashioned politics, said someone who has had his pulse on the political climate for more than two decades. Mark Jones, who has served on the school board and is now a commissioner, said there are mixed signals in the voting results.
“I think it was just politics,” he said. “You had great people running. It just came down to who worked the polls, who worked the phones. You’ve got to go to the fire departments, the breakfasts. You’ve got to pat people on the back in Davie County. I don’t think there were any big messages at all. Folks that worked the hardest won.”
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