Primary Results And Analysis

WUNC | By Laura Lee,

Published June 8, 2016 at 12:31 PM EDT

Voters across North Carolina cast their ballots for representatives in Congress and a seat on the state's highest judiciary Tuesday.

Host Phoebe Judge talks with political junkie Ken Rudin, capitol bureau chief Jeff Tiberii and WUNC capitol reporter Jorge Valencia about the primary results.

North Carolina held its second primary of the year Tuesday and voters cast their ballots for representatives in Congress and a seat on the state's highest judiciary.

In a faceoff between two incumbent members of Congress, George Holding won the 2nd District's GOP nomination, defeating fellow Republican representative Renee Ellmers. And gun shop owner Ted Budd won his first ever political race, beating out 16 other competitors for the Republican spot in the 13th District.

And Hillary Clinton says she has made history by taking the Democratic presidential nomination, but Bernie Sanders’ supporters say the call is premature.

Guest host Phoebe Judge talks with political junkie Ken Rudin, WUNC capitol bureau chief Jeff Tiberii and WUNC capitol reporter Jorge Valencia about the results.

Laura Lee

Laura Lee began her journalism career as a producer and booker at NPR. She returned to her native North Carolina to manage The State of Things, a live daily statewide show on WUNC. After working as a managing editor of an education journalism start-up, she became a writer and editor at a national education publication, Edutopia. She then served as the news editor at Carolina Public Press, a statewide investigative newsroom. In 2022, she worked to build collaborative coverage of elections administration and democracy in North Carolina.

Laura received her master’s in journalism from the University of Maryland and her bachelor’s degree in political science and J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Phoebe Judge

Phoebe Judge is an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured on a numerous national radio programs. She regularly conducts interviews and anchors WUNC's broadcast of Here & Now. Previously, Phoebe served as producer, reporter and guest host for the nationally distributed public radio program The Story. Earlier in her career, Phoebe reported from the gulf coast of Mississippi. She covered the BP oil spill and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio. Phoebe's work has won multiple Edward R.Murrowand Associated Press awards. Phoebe was born and raised in Chicago and is graduate ofBennington Collegeand theSalt Institute for Documentary Studies.

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