Politics

Brian Berger has defeated incumbent Bill Caster for the final spot in this fall's race for New Hanover County Commission. Berger claims the second Republican nomination along with Rick Catlin. They will face off with Democrats Deborah Butler and Sid Causey for two seats left open after Caster's defeat and Bobby Greer's retirement. Full story...

Elaine Marshall's victory was a blow to Democratic Party leaders in Washington who recruited Cal Cunningham to the race and spent more than $100,000 to boost his campaign. Full story...

Prentis Benston is one step away from becoming the first African-American sheriff in Bladen County history. Full story...

Fewer than 600 voters took part in the Republican run-off for the District 2 Pender County Commission race. That meant a 67-vote margin turned out to be a big win for Chester Ward over Timothy Thomas.

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The only statewide race is the Democratic nomination for US Senate. Bladen, New Hanover and Pender counties also have run-offs on the ballot. Tune in to WWAY NewsChannel 3 tonight for results. Full story...

One day before the run-off election, New Hanover County Commission Candidate Brian Berger is on the record saying all of the other County Commissioner support him and not incumbent Bill Caster. Not true say two. Full story...

US Senate candidate Cal Cunningham met with people in the community to make one last push to get voters out for his Democratic primary run-off against Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. Full story...

Today, we found an email on the county government email server dated June 8 from Benford to Caster with the letter attached. In it, Benford says, "Please find someone to send attached letter to editor in to the Star News. The directions for doing so are printed in the paper." The letter attached is almost word-for-word the same as the one printed in the paper Wednesday. Full story...

The battle between Brian Berger and Bill Caster is heating up. Both Republicans are in Tuesday's run-off to be New Hanover County Commissioner. Today Berger hurled new accusations at the Caster campaign. Full story...

A former Mayor is questioning the Town Council's recent personnel decisions and says the current Kure Beach administration is misleading town residents. Full story...

Fewer than 200 votes separated Brian Berger from incumbent Bill Caster in last month's Republican primary for New Hanover County Commission. So, now both are working to win a runoff. We've been working to give you more info about both candidates. Yesterday we profiled Berger. Tonight we have more about Caster. Full story...

ONLY ON 3: "Who is Brian Berger?" and "What makes him qualified to be a County Commissioner?" Full story...

Two years ago Rep. Mike McIntyre refused to debate his Republican challenger Will Breazeale. This time around, the Lumberton Democrat will face off three times with Ilario Pantano, his Republican foe for the 7th district seat in in the US House. Full story...

Early voting for the June 22 run-off elections is doing better than expected in a few counties, but for some the turn out is disappointing. Full story...

With the June 22 run-off approaching Democrat Elaine Marshall spent last night and today in our area rallying votes for US Senate. Marshall's campaign hosted a fundraiser at the Blockade Runner in Wrightsville Beach last night. Full story...