Bond scores easy victory with support of primary voters
North Carolina primary voters handed Gov. Pat McCrory a decisive victory Tuesday after overwhelmingly approving a bond measure that will pour $2 billion into universities and other statewide projects.
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With 95 percent of precincts reporting, unofficial elections data showed North Carolina voters backed the bond by an almost two-to-one margin.
Addressing a crowd earlier in the evening, McCrory attributed the win to a collaborative effort with partners from all sides of the political spectrum.
"While the rest of the nation is going through a lot of political divide as we see tonight, I wanted to just let you know that North Carolina can be a role model for how we ran this bond campaign," McCrory said. "We did it together as a team."
"I am so grateful to North Carolina’s voters for supporting higher education in such a wonderful way," Carol Folt, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in a statement. "It is a strong endorsement for the importance of having the very best facilities at Carolina to train more North Carolina doctors for our state."
In a release Tuesday night, McCrory said the bond package will benefit future generations and was a sign that both sides of the aisle could come together.
Bob Orr, a retired North Carolina Supreme Court justice who ran the bond campaign, echoed McCrory's praise.
"It's a great day for North Carolina," Orr told WRAL News.
"Through years of staunch fiscal responsibility, this state is in a unique position post-recession," Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue, D-Wake, said in a statement. "It is time to make some sound investments in this state and preserve our infrastructure and resources."
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