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Trail Mix, the campaign blog of the Winston-Salem Journal, is a conversation about North Carolina's elections in 2008. Come here for news and analysis on the U.S. Senate race, the governor's race and all the other statewide races.

Trail Mix is written by James Romoser, the Journal's Raleigh reporter. Got a tip? E-mail me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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The Candidates

Here’s a list of the 2008 campaigns that Trail Mix will be covering. The list includes the presidential race, the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, the Congressional race in Northwest North Carolina, and the 10 races for executive-branch posts in state government (collectively known as the Council of State). Know of a candidate who’s not on the list? .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Incumbents are denoted with an asterisk. And in case it wasn’t obvious, “D” signifies Democrats, “R” signifies Republicans and “L” signifies Libertarians.

President

Barack Obama (D)
John McCain (R)
Bob Barr (L)

U.S. Senate

Kay Hagan (D)
Elizabeth Dole* (R)
Chris Cole (L)

U.S. House Of Representatives (5th District Of North Carolina)

Roy Carter (D)
Virginia Foxx* (R)

Governor

Bev Perdue (D)
Pat McCrory (R)
Mike Munger (L)

Lieutenant Governor

Walter Dalton (D)
Robert Pittenger (R)
Phillip Rhodes (L)

State Treasurer

Janet Cowell (D)
Bill Daughtridge (R)

Attorney General

Roy Cooper* (D)
Bob Crumley (R)

Secretary Of State

Elaine Marshall* (D)
Jack Sawyer (R)

Superintendent Of Public Instruction

June Atkinson* (D)
Richard Morgan (R)

State Auditor

Beth Wood (D)
Les Merritt* (R)

Commissioner Of Agriculture

Ronnie Ansley (D)
Steve Troxler* (R)

Commissioner Of Insurance

Wayne Goodwin (D)
John Odom (R)
Mark McMains (L)

Commissioner Of Labor

Mary Fant Donnan (D)
Cherie Berry* (R)

Quote of the Moment

“It’s ironic that the urban areas defeated an urban candidate.”

—Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, on his narrow loss to Bev Perdue in the race for governor