Current board member Carl Mumpower, an Asheville city councilman, won his party’s nomination to take on Rep. Heath Shuler in the 11th District. Former board member Robert Pittenger, a state senator, won the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. And the polling firm of former JLF board chairman Scott Rasmussen (yeah, you read that right) pegged the NC and Indiana results better than most public pollsters did, as it turns out.

By the way, poll junkies might enjoy looking at this online rating of the public pollsters based on election results from the past three cycles. Rasmussen looks very good. Survey USA is #1. North Carolina’s own Public Policy Polling is about average. The common denominator? All three use automated rather than live calling.