NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Two months after Super Tuesday, two primary races in North Carolina are finally being decided in a runoff election.
On Tuesday, voters chose the Republican nominees for lieutenant governor and state auditor because, in March, no candidate received more than 30% of the vote which is required to declare victory.
Hal Weatherman, the former chief of staff to then-Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, defeated Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill in the lieutenant governor's primary. Weatherman will take on Democratic state Sen. Rachel Hunt, daughter of former four-term Gov. Jim Hunt, in the fall election.
Meanwhile, Dave Boliek, an attorney and former chairman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustee board, defeated CPA and state legislative staffer Jack Clark in the auditor's primary.
Boliek will take on Democratic State Auditor Jessica Holmes in November.
GOP runoff voting was open to registered Republicans and unaffiliated voters who either voted in the March Republican primaries or didn’t vote at all.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.