{"id":21838,"date":"2026-03-24T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/nc-senate-leader-phil-berger-concedes-will-end-reign-as-states-top-republican-raleigh-news-observer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:14:00","slug":"nc-senate-leader-phil-berger-concedes-will-end-reign-as-states-top-republican-raleigh-news-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/nc-senate-leader-phil-berger-concedes-will-end-reign-as-states-top-republican-raleigh-news-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Senate leader Phil Berger concedes, will end reign as state\u2019s top Republican &#8211; Raleigh News &amp; Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNVXd3cXduYVkxNV9uMVRGYTRQOXZqcW9waDhhYXc1cjZ5clRVdkJLR2hlU1VjNlZNQjlBaGhMdWdVTXZFZ1FVTk9CamtTX254MTlnWnhsSkd5UzhnZkZ3OFpFS0tfMjlsMmRXY3RiVklqRTNrbjk5emZJZzBRT25NNUFhc01pWENuMWNnctIBjAFBVV95cUxQd0FtN1ViYVBaSFR0NVpBc2V5TF9yNEEycW9QNk44Ynk4R2ROVWpqaGE2MnZUQmRhZGFNeFlwZWx5OEM0LWt1Z2lGcWp0MmRkbTI3MjhsTzBZMHJsaHc3RC1mcVFybTg3bmtKQ3M1dmFSOTUza0hXNzFLQjlGNXhOdG9yWTU2WjQtdEhlYg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">NC Senate leader Phil Berger concedes, will end reign as state\u2019s top Republican<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Raleigh News &amp; Observer<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOT0N3VU54dFh6d2FKU19UVXlRQ3dhMUoycFYzUDhtOFBOSDRVNmZQaGpxRXF6UTg0YXJjWmw1UU8wclVPMlhOcFdXeUsxUzFFOFBZUFY4dkp4X2o2dkJBenZBTHZSSll4NzBzbUhZQXh2S3hiM0VtWWh1UUNCR1NaQ1lBVW84Wkl4eGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Phil Berger, one of North Carolina\u2019s most powerful politicians, concedes state Senate primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxOamVIZmJwUzdOelFIajVHUlRDa0l5MjdMb3RyaEFRdkEydXlObS1pbGFvdEFsaGVlVDRqYmpqZGw0LTFGV2ktM3h3NnZNclBScGQwOXJUTDBhRS1PU2VPZFhXQVdnMnNPYkJ0eE9rb1BCM2RSSnBVYnZXUEV3c2t0NHB2LWJBVklFeUZFcWQzV2ltdzJkN1FJemlQZjJQaklIekZSbi1YdGQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump-endorsed North Carolina state Senate leader loses by 23 votes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPRmxkcm1UWElEbzhqS1FyT0NnX0lOdkE4V3hzcmFYSHd0T2pMVTYtUGNSVmd3SXhHVjlTX0lSTmd6MUt2VkdaMFRwbE9JZVVab0pMQnhjMzYyeURJVjFRX2xfSWxubDhMb0NBLTJzbWEtY3ZTSXNuWlpwSHR2OTViMzA0U0tPZjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">N.C. Senator Phil Berger Officially Just Lost to Sam Page<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxPY1lrcjZyWERBLVJ5WUpkejdUVzJmdEU4bnZJVm5aWnJTZmgyWjZsd1A5ckY5YU5rR0xRU1ZmMExsQWQ0LTc2LXJ2WlNSTndGdkhEWDlyOXhtR2VLX1h1YXZLMDhjVDQ0Nm9COHRIc3J4bC0xMDBBVVdCeXQ0Rkw5a0syTzZieUdEUTJsekpNOFRJNTJHVDdmdDZDN3dfMmlEZ1hUaFZ0Z0lZZ25vQVpRc2JkY2hNRWxsbm53?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">N.C. Senate&#8217;s top Republican concedes in primary decided by 23 votes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC Senate leader Phil Berger concedes, will end reign as state\u2019s top Republican&nbsp;&nbsp;Raleigh News &amp; Observer Republican Phil Berger, one of North Carolina\u2019s most powerful&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/24\/nc-senate-leader-phil-berger-concedes-will-end-reign-as-states-top-republican-raleigh-news-observer\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}