By Michelle Saxton
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Republican Thom Goolsby is heading to the state Senate after defeating Democrat Jim Leutze for the 9th District seat left open by Sen. Julia Boseman, D-New Hanover. Boseman chose not to run for a fourth term.
Goolsby, a Wilmington attorney, led the race with more than 57 percent of the votes with 41 of the 43 precincts reporting, according to the New Hanover County Board of Elections’ website.
Leutze is the former chancellor of the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
“We’ve got a lot of work before us,” Goolsby said by telephone Tuesday night. “The people have spoken, and they want government off their backs and out of their wallets and pocketbooks, and that’s what we’re going to deliver to them.”
Goolsby had spent the Election Day evening with supporters, including family, at the Slainte Irish Pub downtown.
“People are just ready for real conservative change they can count on,” Goolsby said.
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