北卡罗来纳州参议员选举全国瞩目：库珀对决沃特利
11月3日，北卡罗来纳州选民走进投票站参加中期选举，全州投票时间为上午6时30分至晚上7时30分，晚上7时30分仍在排队的选民仍可投票。本次选举全国瞩目的联邦参议员席位由前民主党籍州长罗伊·库珀对阵共和党籍的迈克尔·沃特利，该席位因现任参议员汤姆·蒂利斯不再寻求连任而空出，自由党候选人香农·布雷和绿党候选人迈克尔·都柏林也在选票上。
在西部山区，第11国会选区将产生新任众议员，民主党候选人杰米·阿格对阵共和党候选人詹妮弗·巴尔科姆，此前共和党籍众议员查克·爱德华兹已于8月放弃连任竞选。在阿什维尔本地，现任市长埃丝特·曼海默对阵市议员金·罗尼，同时改选3个市议会席位；邦科姆县选民还要决定县委员会和县治安官人选，并对总额7000万美元的住房与开放空间债券表态。
全州选民还将就3项修宪提案投票，并决定州最高法院席位归属，民主党籍现任大法官安妮塔·厄尔斯对阵共和党籍的莎拉·史蒂文斯。州议会全部席位也在本轮改选。州选举委员会的数据显示，提前投票于10月31日结束，截至10月30日的统计已有接近250万选民提前投票。选举日选民须到指定的投票站投票，并可通过州选举委员会的选民查询工具查看样本选票。
（来源：阿什维尔公民时报）
North Carolina's Senate Race Draws National Attention as Cooper Faces Whatley
North Carolina polls were open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on November 3, with voters in line at 7:30 p.m. still able to vote. The nationally watched Senate race pitted former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper against Republican Michael Whatley for the seat vacated by Sen. Thom Tillis, who is not seeking re-election; Libertarian Shannon Bray and Green Party candidate Michael Dublin were also on the ballot. In the western mountains, the 11th Congressional District chose a new representative, Democrat Jamie Ager against Republican Jennifer Balkcom, after Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards abandoned his re-election bid in August. In Asheville, Mayor Esther Manheimer faced Councilmember Kim Roney, with three council seats also up; Buncombe County voters chose commissioners and a sheriff and decided $70 million in housing and open-space bonds. Statewide, voters decided three constitutional amendments and a state Supreme Court seat, with Democratic Justice Anita Earls facing Republican Sarah Stevens, and the full Legislature was also on the ballot. Early voting ended October 31, and State Board of Elections figures showed close to 2.5 million voters had already cast ballots by October 30. Election Day voters had to use their assigned precincts and could view sample ballots through the board's voter search tool.
(Source: Asheville Citizen Times)
来源：阿什维尔公民时报
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