Valentine Not Favored Here; Wins District (The Warren Record)
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July 28, 1982
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Valentine Not Favored Here; Wins District (The Warren Record), 1982. 22f361f6-db92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/b136666b-bd28-4299-a946-9747d8753518/valentine-not-favored-here-wins-district-the-warren-record. Accessed November 23, 2025.
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votc.t - hrniag out h
.record mmben - gave
a maJc{ty of tbeirvotes
to Durharo's ll. M.
'!'lf,lckey" Michaor,
mklqg a bid to becorne
Nor'th Csrollna's llrst
btacLcongresoan in80
ye8B.
Michanx collected
3,,128 tYarren votes,
compared with 2,896
votes for Valentine, a 5&
yearold attotney wbo
must face Republican
oooinee John W.riJ""Hr Marin, a
Durbam larryer and
lorocr professional
basketbal player, for
tbe seat whic! Fotutain
beldforfllyears.
Valestine was able.to
carry sir Warren Pre'
clncts, and was the
choic.e of Ull absenteo
vot€n. He bad hls
ltrooge3t showing in
Norline, wbere he led
{86 to 29{, as that
precinct saw n.2
pcrtst o( itr eligible
Democratlc voters
mart ballots. Mi"haur
carried Warten's other
tr'aditional swing
prednct - Nutbttsh -
byaoarEinof {}gto 150.
, .. Yaleatina finished
s*utd ttt tb llttst Pri'
mary held ia June,
comitrg tir abead of
tormer N. C. Ilouse
SpeakerJames BaDseY
of Rorboro. Io l\es.
day's election, be won
tbeeodomesuotd most
of Raosey'sfaithful
Valentiag carried
Vance, Person and
Granville counties, a
feat which be faited to
acromplish in the June
A primary. Voting was
beavy in each of the 10
counlies comprising &e
newly aligned 2nd
District.
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bend .Dd gave tbeir
codorremeut to
:rttoraeys Sldney S.
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Dlsdct Judge Paul I}l.
Blglt d Gol&boro for
thc scat ol rctlrlng
Judgc Bobert M.
Martu'In dolng so, he
carrted . csch' ol
'Wartgds 'l{'precincts
ead ras fasored by
abreutcc votes, U251.
Eaglcc slll face
Republlean Bctty' J:
PeoecolGrecnsboro la
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ladslldo vtctq,y ststF
rl#, ffiat d Didct
Judgc E. Hortoo
Rorntrea o( Greeuville
ln tberurd fc the seat
bcing vacated by
rctlriag Chiel Judge
Naot E Murls. He
carled all Warreo
preciocts, hrt fuilsbed
second among abserr
tecvot€trs, E1&-
Shcc there ls no
Republlcao opposition
for tbe seat sought by
PhiUipq tbeDemocratic
nomination tDeans
elecdoo on the stale'g
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