{"id":2885,"date":"2026-03-04T04:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/sheriff-sam-page-leads-senate-leader-berger-in-gop-primary-by-two-votes-wunc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:35:00","slug":"sheriff-sam-page-leads-senate-leader-berger-in-gop-primary-by-two-votes-wunc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/sheriff-sam-page-leads-senate-leader-berger-in-gop-primary-by-two-votes-wunc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff Sam Page leads Senate Leader Berger in GOP primary by two votes &#8211; WUNC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOcjA1QmlINFV6M0ctZlk1RHdoTXB1MTd4YllIdmhkOHVOTVMtdWJzRy1YdXNQMGFmVjBVTHFHTzVHTjV4STAyd1dSaWNoYjhReEZYeF9PYk9ZMEhYeWtkYkxHMlpiZ09tRG1VclZ3bk1pM0I1Nlp4RnBsYmlzdERQbkZ2a0J2aDhmeWhocTZUZTI3ekFTc051cTBHUmNycXpuWWFTaHRxU2R3bUlOelNJa2dMdVlPUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Sheriff Sam Page leads Senate Leader Berger in GOP primary by two votes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WUNC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNVzV2eS0wOWxSTXlqXy0yVlY0eHpveHkxdFVkRk5yczJRUzNEOHQtWWtUTW1mOUhrcHJLQ0k4STNvczRSNDhIcWxyamtpTmNzWVQ5a1g2NTYycGtNRkJqQnR4WjhkQWI5VjNpWTU0aFV5X2NfYUl2TFRKYU5LNlBVczZOVE4zSEludTFJeG96aWR1Z2xpSzB2S3hUMmlFTlN2MnlwOUVvUWtMUUFJeUFmeXFEdU4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Most powerful&#8217; N.C. senator trails primary challenger by 2 votes despite Trump&#8217;s endorsement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxOZkV4R3AtZGp0N0JkNGp3NzYzaXBiamZfcVl3N09QRHVjc0dLYk5ScVJwbHhDMGIxV2t1NTgzN09SRzBjSllDTW9CQkdjQzI1SVdZeUhTTXFVSmhOYm9DMkg0MDJueUpnNjlhWW5ZQm5pT1htYXFwMmxyMjNEazludmlPelJmNlhwSEZuRA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">2 votes: NC GOP Senate leader Phil Berger in virtual tie with Sheriff Sam Page<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Raleigh News &amp; Observer<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNVFNQa3ZPcTNkUUZ2V0JON2hzcWFxNUVGZDVKOXpZbHRTQU9DYTU5Tlgya1RfeVNfUjNGdjJEaVhMNDVJaEI0WERaS3h1SHo4LWFFR1NCaFI1NnRtV2hVQUpNNC1VVzFOVzFrZ05yN2ZPdGVhR2FEa2k2ckhJQUd0d3dmemlkeDVVOWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republican Primary for N.C. State Senate Seat Remains Too Close to Call<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxPbVVQREp4Z0RfcmJVRml6cHVpOVRNMU5lUzB2cW1uZnpJb1h2aTBvdHJaeVExMlgyUEg0dVFJMWVaYjdDVmJjSWU4a1NpNFI4bUtROEo3RVJFTy1fenR5S2phTW1FQ2ZmOEhUaG5iUnhfYnpNa1JkMnNLeFZOQXpXbVh1aVFiRjdlMkVFXzlidm45VDJvbmQtVzVzN3V2LXpGcU9SRkRsbDVyRXdETndld0tPQWlTVVd2XzNUZGVibDlhY2pqcFR2MTJ2aUI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rockingham Sheriff Page leads longtime NC Senate leader Berger by two votes in unofficial results<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NC Newsline<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheriff Sam Page leads Senate Leader Berger in GOP primary by two votes&nbsp;&nbsp;WUNC News &#8216;Most powerful&#8217; N.C. senator trails primary challenger by 2 votes despite&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/sheriff-sam-page-leads-senate-leader-berger-in-gop-primary-by-two-votes-wunc-news\/\" 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-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","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=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}