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2012 General Election Endorsements

Our endorsements try to determine which candidates will fight for the greater good: social justice, compassion, equality and opportunity for everyone regardless of class, race and gender.

2012 General Election Voting Guide

This voting guide covers all Triangle counties

Abe Jones

Candidate for Superior Court Judge, Wake County, District 10E

Barbara Howe

Candidate for Governor

Bernadette Pelissier

Candidate for Orange Board of County Commissioners

Beth A. Wood

Candidate for State Auditor

Bill Cole

Candidate for Wake County Soil & Water District Supervisor

Brian Irving

Candidate for U.S. House

Bryan Collins

Candidate for Superior Court Judge, Wake County, District 10E

Cathy Wright

Candidate for House District 54

Charles Malone

Candidate for U.S. House

Danielle Adams

Candidate for Durham County Soil & Water District Supervisor

David Price

Candidate for 2012 U.S. House

Dave Carter

Candidate for N.C. Senate District 23

Ellie Kinnaird

Candidate for NC Senate District 23

Erv Portman

Candidate for State Senate

Jim Dornfried

Candidate for 2012 Superior Court Judge – Judicial District 14A

Jim Messina

Candidate for State House

John C. Brooks

Candidate for Labor Commissioner

Karrie Louise Mead

Candidate for N.C. House District 56

Keith Karlsson

Candidate for N.C. House District 49

Marty McGee

Candidate for N.C. Court of Appeals

Kelly Smoke

Candidate for Durham County Soil & Water District Supervisor

Omar Beasley

Candidate for Durham County Commissioner

Orlando F. Hudson, Jr.

Candidate for Superior Court Judge - Judicial District 14A

Pat Lawson

Candidate for Wake County Soil & Water District Supervisor

Sally Kost

Candidate for Chatham County Commissioners

Sam J. Ervin, IV

Candidate for Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina

Sig Hutchinson

Candidate for State Senate

Verla Insko

Candidate for N.C. House District 56

Wayne Goodwin

Candidate for Insurance Commissioner

The guide to the week's concerts

Daniel Pearl World Music Days, Des Ark, The Be Good Tanyas, Criaturas, Tinariwen, Generationals, Hog, Fight Amp, Royal Knights, King Tuff, Whatever Brains, more

The two faces and phases of J. Tillman

Tillman claims Father John Misty is closer to himself than anything he's done under his own name. On tour, he's even ditching his guitar onstage to shake his hips and sashay around the microphone like a soul singer.

• by Spencer Griffith
• Tags: Music Essay, Cat's Cradle

Henry Rollins + Ronald Reagan Forever

Ideologically, Reagan and Rollins could hardly be more different. But both recognized the rhetorical power of pathos and tangible, relatable narratives.

• by Bryan C. Reed
• Tags: Music Feature, Lincoln Theatre

What might be missing in the N.C. State Fair's $663,000 band budget

As of the 2010 census, Latinos comprise more than 8 percent of the state's population; in the last decade, one Latino band has played Dorton Arena as part of the N.C. State Fair.

• by Grayson Currin
• Tags: Music Essay, Latino culture, N.C. State Fair, North Carolina State Fair

How to Build a Forest, and a life lesson

"It's up for a short period of time for people to enjoy. And then we take it down very quickly and hopefully just a bit painfully, because it takes a very short time to destroy it." — co-creator Shawn Hall

• by Chris Vitiello

Conservative pastor advocates sitting out presidential election

The Rev. Patrick Wooden of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh is asking his 3,000 congregants to abstain from voting for president because neither candidate, in his eyes, upholds the Christian values he espouses.

• by D.L. Anderson

Lydia Davis, your favorite writer's favorite writer, visits Duke this week

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is a unique blend of micro-fiction, prose poetry, philosophic inquiry, feminist critique and dark social comedy. The best literary precedent is Samuel Beckett, but this only gets you so far.

• by Brian Howe

A Hitchcock homage in Raleigh Little Theatre's The 39 Steps

In its best moments, The 39 Steps has the intricate rhythms and comic timing of old Looney Tunes shorts, and that's meant as a very serious compliment.

• by Glenn McDonald
• Tags: Theater, Alfred Hitchcock, Raleigh Little Theatre

Oakleaf is haute cuisine grounded by homespun instinct

Chef-owner Brendan Cox ranges freely and creatively, but his cuisine has an inherently American spirit: It looks you in the eye and says what it means.

• by David A. Ross
• Tags: First Bite, Oakleaf, Panciuto

How Lowcountry cooking has changed in the 20 years since Hoppin' John's

"To be here in Charleston now and to have all these chefs that were kids [say], 'Please come to my restaurant. We so appreciate your work,' it's thrilling. I'm humbled by it." — John Martin Taylor, author of Hoppin' John's Lowcountry Cooking

• by Emily Wallace

Where cotton candy comes from

In 1897, William James Morrison, former president of the Tennessee State Dental Association, co-created a machine capable of producing cottony strands of crystallized sugar.

• by Emily Wallace

Searching for Sugar Man tells the strange tale of vanished counterculture icon Rodriguez

Rodriguez, an obscure musician from late 1960s Detroit, became a voice of a revolutionary generation in South Africa at the height of apartheid.

• by David Fellerath

Bill Friday, 1920-2012

• by V.C. Rogers
• Tags: Peripheral Visions, Bill Friday

Waiting for Godot

• by Jeremy M. Lange

Take two

The five-hour-long row of folks teemed with talk about what people would say to Bob Barker if given the chance. I felt confident I could wing it; after all, earlier in the week, I'd introduced myself to Delbert, my estranged grandfather.

• by Emily Wallace

Re: Health care; transit plan

"Getting denied health care can make you feel powerless. But we can change things."

The prospect of four years under Gov. McCrory

Right now, the odds say we're on the verge of an era in which Republicans will hold a monopoly on North Carolina's legislative and executive branches.

• by Kirk Ross

Why it's vital to vote early

Above all, early voting is crucial if there's a chance your right to vote will be obstructed or challenged. If you're going to be hassled, better to know it early.

• by Bob Geary

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• by Chris Karlsson

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• by Chris Karlsson