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2012 Candidate Forums

WHQR will host and broadcast four candidate forums as part of the 2012 Election Season in the MC Erny Gallery, 254 N. Front Street, #300.Each forum will feature two local journalists asking prepared questions during the first half of the event. The second portion will be dedicated to questions from voters. A live studio audience will be invited to ask questions during this segment. We'll also use questions sent in from listeners.If you have a question for the candidates, please email us (newsdirector@whqr.org) or submit via Twitter with the #whqrforums hash tag and tell us which slate of candidates you'd like to address. We reserve the right to edit the questions for clarity, brevity, and objectivity. Each question must be addressed to all candidates in a particular race. If you can't attend the live event, Tweet along while you tune in or listen or watch the webcast online at 7 PM each night to hear the candidates! (WWAY will also broadcast the forums live on Time Warner Cable. RTV is channel 106, on ATMC, channel 903, on Charter Cable, channel 145 and over-the-air at 3.2.)Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7 PM- New Hanover County CommissionersJonathan Barfield (Current Vice Chairman)Beth DawsonRobert MurrayDr. Derrick HickeyWoody WhiteRob Zapple Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 PM- NC House District 18Representative Susi Hamilton (D)Louis Harmati (R) Monday, Oct. 8, 7 PM - NC Senate District 9Senator Thom Goolsby (R)Deb Butler (D) Thursday, Oct. 18, 7 PM - NC House District 19 & NC House District 20 NC House District 19Ted Davis, Jr. (Current NHC Commission Chair)Emilie Swearingen (Current Kure Beach Councilwoman)NC House District 20Rick Catlin (Current NHC Commissioner) (R)Tom Gale (D)

Dalton and McCrory Face off for Governor

WHQR | By Rachel Lewis Hilburn

Published May 9, 2012 at 2:55 AM EDT

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Governor Bev Perdue insisted until shortly before the May Primary that she was going to run for re-election.

As WHQR’s Rachel Lewis Hilburn reports, the North Carolina gubernatorial race had top-ranking Democratic candidates scrambling with just weeks to campaign before the primary.

Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton edged out former U.S. Representative Bob Etheridge, setting up a general election race with Republican Pat McCrory. Dalton had nearly 46 percent of the vote compared to 38 percent for Etheridge. That means Dalton, an attorney and former state senator, has enough to avoid a runoff. Pat McCrory lapped the field of five other candidates in the Republican primary, grabbing 83 percent of the vote. The former Mayor of Charlotte also won the 2008 nomination but lost the Governor’s seat to Perdue.