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How to find the Editorial Board’s primary endorsements

Want to know which candidates the Editorial Board is recommending in North Carolina’s March 3 primary? Here are links to our endorsements, which we’ll continue to provide this week:

It’s endorsement season in NC. Here’s what’s changed - and what hasn’t - with ours.

Our endorsement for the U.S. Senate primary in North Carolina

Observer endorsement: The Democrats’ best option to beat Dan Bishop in NC’s 9th District

Observer endorsement: Our choices for Mecklenburg primaries

Observer endorsement: Our choices for NC House, Senate primaries

The Editorial Board’s endorsements in primaries for NC Treasurer and Attorney General

Endorsements: Our choices for Lt. Gov, NC Superintendent and Agriculture primaries

Observer endorsements: Our choices for Mecklenburg judicial races

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How we do our endorsements

Members of the combined Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer editorial boards are conducting interviews and research of candidates in municipal and state elections. The combined board is led by N.C. Opinion Editor Peter St. Onge, who is joined in Raleigh by deputy Opinion editor Ned Barnett and in Charlotte by deputy Opinion editor Paige Masten. Board members also include Observer editor Rana Cash and News & Observer editor Nicole Stockdale. 

The editorial board also talks with others who know the candidates and have worked with them. When we’ve completed our interviews and research, we discuss each race and decide on our endorsements. 

This story was originally published February 25, 2020 at 7:32 AM.

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