Two votes separate GOP primary race that could shake up NC legislature

One of North Carolina’s most powerful state legislators was in a dead heat with his GOP primary opponent late Tuesday after all of the district’s precincts reported their vote totals.

Senate leader Phil Berger, who was first elected in 2001, trailed Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page by two votes Tuesday night in the Republican primary to represent the senate’s 26th district.

WRAL's Shaun Gallagher and Paul Specht have everything you need to know about this tight race.

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