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Democrats swept the 2014 Wake County Commissioner
election, and now hold all seven seats on the Board of Commissioners. Candidates Sig
Hutchinson, Matt Calabria, Jessica Holmes, and John Burns all defeated
Republican incumbents in their respective elections. The board was formerly
controlled by a 4-3 Republican majority which was under fire for its handling
of issues with public transit, and its lack of cooperation with the
Democrat-led School Board. Criticism even came from within the county’s Republican
Party itself, with many conservative mayors of Wake County towns voting
Democrat in the election.
With their unanimous control of the Board, Democrats
look to increase spending in schools and infrastructure to coincide with the
area’s rapid growth.
