The longtime sheriff in North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger’s home county said Thursday he plans to run for Berger’s seat next year. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, who competed unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2024,

Sen. leader Phil Berger gavels out the Senate session after a final vote on the state budget bill Friday, Sept. 22, 2023 on the Senate Floor of the General Assembly. The bill passed the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Friday after a final Senate vote. Travis Long [email protected]

A 2015 "Bad Blood" parody with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler went ahead, with Swift sending Michaels flowers afterward New York State Police charged five people Friday with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.

His entry into the race is expected to make Senate District 26 a closely watched contest in the upcoming election cycle.