Alert Top Story Berger campaign, trailing by 23 votes, asks State Board of Elections for hand recount RICHARD CRAVER Staff Reporter Mar 20, 2026 Mar 20, 2026 Updated Mar 23, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Phil Berger, candidate for NC State Senate, campaigns at Douglass Elementary in Eden on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. WOODY MARSHALL, News & Record kAm%96 42>A2:8? @7 $6?2E6 =6256C !9:= q6C86C @? uC:52J 2D<65 E96 DE2E6 q@2C5 @7 t=64E:@?D E@ 2FE9@C:K6 2 92?5 C64@F?E @7 G@E6D :? E96 #6AF3=:42? AC:>2CJ 7@C $6?2E6 s:DEC:4E ae]k^AmkAmpD 2 C6DF=E[ E96 vF:=7@C5 r@F?EJ q@2C5 @7 t=64E:@?D H:== 4@?5F4E E96 C6BF6DE65 D2>A=6 92?5\6J6 C64@F?E 368:??:?8 2E hib_ 2]>] %F6D52J]k^AmkAm%96 =@42E:@? :D #@@> {v`a @? 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Hand recounts set for Tuesday in Phil Berger vs. Sam Page state Senate race A hand recount typically involves all the ballots from 3% of the county's precincts.
