Clarke Hogan isn’t running for reelection, so let’s take a look at the upcoming election.<\/p>\n
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James Edmunds (R) – Ups<\/strong>: Name recognition, organized grassroots, good at fundraising, political experience. Downs<\/strong>: Asinine uranium position, land-use tax controversy.<\/p>\n Dave Guill (D): Ups<\/strong>: Political experience. Downs<\/strong>: No fundraising, no campaign activity. <\/p>\n Thoughts: This race has definitely changed since the candidates were locked in. Is Guill still in this race? He’s raised $0.00 in the last few months. Edmunds will easily win this race on cruise control if nothing changes.<\/p>\n Current vote prediction: Edmunds 63%, Guill 37%<\/p>\n OddsMakers of a win: Edmunds 91%<\/p>\n We’ll be keeping this race in our sights as the election grows near.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Clarke Hogan isn’t running for reelection, so let’s take a look at the upcoming election.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinioncentral","category-politicscentral","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-1fu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5166,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/30\/60th-district-house-race-update-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":4804,"position":0},"title":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #3","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Update: 60th District House Race - Update #2 So what's changed in this race? Everything. Dave Guill dropped out of the race this weekend leaving Edmunds by himself (for now). Let's look at who could replace him on the ticket. People with previously declared interests: Ted Bennett - He's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Halifax County"","block_context":{"text":"Halifax County","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/halifax-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5091,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/22\/60th-district-house-race-update-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4804,"position":1},"title":"60th District House Race – Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Update: 60th District House Race - Update #1 So what's changed in this race? James Edmunds (R) - He's picked up a few endorsements from small groups so far. He's proceeding along in this race quite steadily and making no mistakes. 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Ain't nothin' changed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Halifax County"","block_context":{"text":"Halifax County","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/halifax-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8020,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/24\/60th-district-house-race-update-2-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4804,"position":4},"title":"60th District House Race \u2013 Update #2","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This really isn't a race. James Edmunds will win and win big. Here's what we wrote for Update #1... Recap: Incumbent James Edmunds is running against a challenger that has been invisible. Notes since last update: Edmunds: Does it matter? OK, fine. 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