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Thanks to the hard work of Democrats statewide and in Chowan County, North Carolina turned blue. Countless volunteer hours and the extraordinary energy of people who care made this victory posstibe. We need to keep the momentum going, and we need your help.
The Chowan County Democratic Party will hold annual precinct organizing meetings between Febrary 23 and March 7.
Meeting will be held at the following locations:
Yeopim, Airport , Tuesday, Feb. 24 @7pm
Center Hill, North County Rec. Cntr., Monday, March 2 @ 6:30pm
East Edenton, D.F.Walker Alumni Bldg., Wednesday, March 4 @6:30 pm
West Edenton, Agricultural Bldg., Thurs.March 5 @ 7pm.
Meetings are free and open to any registered Democrat residing in the precinct.
Meeting attendees will be electing precinct officers and delegates to the Chowan County Convention to be held on Tuesday, April 21 at 6:30 pm in the Chowan County Courthouse.
For more information contact Martha Badger at 482-3044 or by email at jlmbbadger@mchsi.com.

News reports indicate more people voted for President in the November 2008 election than ever before. In his speech acknowledging winning the election, Barack Obama indicated he wanted to earn the support of all those who did not vote for him. Mr. Obama was elected by the vote of only 29% of Americans age 18 and over. Using http://quickfacts.census.gov and http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/ ……(figures are rounded)

Population, age 18 and over (as of 2006):
US(millions)........................NC(millions)...........................CHOWAN
225.7.................................... 6.7........................................... 11,271

Votes for Obama
US(millions)...........................NC(millions) .........................CHOWAN
65.4......... .............................. 2.1........... .................................3652

Percent of age 18+ population who voted for Obama
US--29% ......................... NC--31% ................... Chowan--32%

Percent of age 18+population who voted for President (major parties)
US--54% ........................... NC--63% ...................... Chowan--66%


This is not an attack on Obama--the percentages would be similar had McCain won. The issue is that 103 million folks did NOT vote for anybody for President (124.4 million voted FOR a presidential candidate.) Why the low turnout? Some are illegal aliens, some are felons, some don’t care. But probably most don’t think it makes any difference to their lives who is President. 71% of the population (160,314,501) did not vote for Obama. With percentages like this I think one has to be careful about claiming a "mandate" of the people.

For a state wide breakdown of the recent elections visit the North Carolina Baord of Elections.

County by county results, Click here Select Chowan county form the litst or click on the map.

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/7937/13221/en/summary.html

Last Thursday evening at Nothing Fancy Cafe about 40 people attended the "Discussion Group" meeting on the county's current financial crisis and strategies for future citizen involvement. A major outcome of the meeting was the formation of a steering group to select members of a citizen watchdog committee to bring greater accountability to the way our county commission handles our county business, especially financial decision-making.

Libertarian Candidate for Governor, Mike Munger, will be speaking to the Edenton Discussion Group on July 24th. This Group meets at Nothing Fancy Cafe, 701 North Broad Street at 7 pm. The meeting is open to the public. Mr. Munger is Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University. His name will be on every NC ballot for the November general election. For further information about Mr. Munger, please see http://munger4ncgov.com/

For the complete Statewide Elections Results from the North Carolina Board of Elections - http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/Chowan/1896/3901/en/summary.html - Find Chowan County on the map - Click and read the results.

Or click "Read More" for the election results:

All persons wishing to vote in the North Carolina 2008 Primary may do so, beginning today, April 17, through the Early Voting process .

Jim Neal's Campagn for the U.S. Senate Barker House - Edenton April 5, 08

Jim Neal, a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for US Senate, engaged local voters in a discussion of regional concerns at a "town hall" meeting at Edenton's Barker House on Saturday evening. Democratic voters from Chowan and Gates counties provided background on how an OLF, Outlying Landing Field, would affect the region. They also shared their assessments of the positions North Carolina's Republican US Senators had taken toward the ongoing threat of an OLF to Northeastern North Carolina.

Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign has opened a regional office in Elizabeth City in preparation for the North Carolina Democratic Primary on May 6.