The Rhino says “one of the biggest upsets of an otherwise generally predictable primary” was Ed Price’s surprising 2-1 margin over Garth Hebert in the race for the Guilford County Board of Education’s District 2 seat.
Hebert has a couple of theories about why he was spanked so hard:
“What really disappoints me is the apathy,” Hebert said. “A lot of people just didn’t get excited enough to get out and vote. In my race, it really hammered me, because the Democratic Party machine is what’s backing Ed Price. That’s the only serious endorsement he had.”
Hebert also attributed his second-place finish to enemies he has created in High Point politics.
“It’s the old High Point machine back at it,” he said. “Dot Kearns, old High Point money and all the people who want to go back to the old status quo with the schools.”
Kearns, a former school board member and Guilford County commissioner, was in the commissioners chamber in the Old Guilford County Court House on Thursday night when the election results were posted. She said she had taken no active part in Price’s campaign.
I wish Hebert had elaborated on the definition of ‘status quo.’ Remember, Nancy Routh won her primary, and fellow board members Alan Duncan and Deena Hayes —not without controversy this year —– ran unopposed. If that’s not the status quo, then I don’t know what is.
