(The Center Square) – Rodney Pierce, the schoolteacher from Roanoke Rapids, is headed to the North Carolina General Assembly.
Pierce won the Democratic primary for District 27, first finishing atop the unofficial results on Primary Election Day and then again following the third of three counties finishing recounts on Monday. Rep. Michael Wray, D-Northampton, was seeking an 11th term in office and in a statement said he wasn’t sure his next role but it would be to fight for the people of the state.
There is no Republican challenger in the Nov. 5 general election.
At close of business on Monday evening, the published total on the state Board of Elections website showed Pierce ahead by 34 of 11,938 votes counted.
Pierce has taught school for less than 10 years. He ran on a platform of “fully funded public education,” affordable health care, affordable housing, and class mobility. His supporters
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