Foot traffic was backed up in Trinity Park at the intersection of Monmouth Avenue and Watts Street. A princess and a “PAW Patrol” officer excitedly…
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Nancy Mayer, an attorney and longtime Democrat, has spent dozens of hours at polling places across Durham County since early voting began two weeks ago.…
In deep blue Durham County, the number of unaffiliated voters has exploded over the past decade. The group has grown at a rate 7.5 times…
There are two things to know about the Primlanis. They’ve been here a long time. And when it comes to politics, they don’t play. “I’ve…
Derek Bowens doesn’t drink coffee. Still, as Durham County’s elections director, he regularly clocks 80-hour work weeks in anticipation of November’s general election, as does…
In North Carolina, it’s illegal to hand anything to voters within 50 feet of a polling place. David Fowles knows this better than anybody. He…
Rhoda Bernstein looked rattled after she voted. She walked with a cane, but still on her own, an impressive feat considering she is 93 and…
“Who’s not going to their job this morning?” It’s a question Jane Dornemann has asked one too many times. Dornemann, mother of a Durham School…
Enrique Loyola strode out of the polling place at the Karsh Alumni Center oozing enthusiasm — eyes wide and smiling. Loyola, 28, is a first-generation…
On a recent Friday, Lu Tahaj, 52, trudged up Macon Street, an unpaved road around the corner from her house on West Markham. Seventeen houses…