GOP Takes The N.C. General Assembly

[Appaholic]

Republicans made history on Election Day as they seized control of North Carolina's legislature for the first time in more than a century.

Democratic leaders in both the state House and Senate conceded to their Republican counterparts late Tuesday.

Sen. Marc Basnight, the Democratic leader in the Senate, said he told Republican leader Sen. Phil Berger of Eden that he will do whatever he can to work with the new regime.

Republicans last held a majority in the Senate in 1898. Unofficial returns indicate that Republicans won at least 28 Senate seats and 62 in the House, according to an Associated Press tally. The current House is a 68-52 Democratic majority and the Democrats control the Senate with 30 of the 50 seats.

"We are going to govern in a different way," Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam of Apex, the current House minority leader, told a cheering crowd at the GOP victory party in Raleigh. "We're going to govern in a frugal way, in a responsible way." That pledge will quickly be put to the test as legislators return to the capital early next year to start dealing with an expected budget shortfall of more than $3 billion.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/03/ ... embly.html

[Appaholic]

This may end up costing my wife her job due to budget cuts, but she was laid off during when the Dems were in charge last year. At least some Dems are now reaping what their irresponsible polices sowed over the past century. Well done NC citizens (finally)....