{"id":5261,"date":"2019-09-10T08:27:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murphy4congress.com\/?p=5261"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:10:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:10:23","slug":"republican-dr-greg-murphy-wins-nc-3rd-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murphy4congress.com\/republican-dr-greg-murphy-wins-nc-3rd-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican doctor Greg Murphy wins Eastern North Carolina\u2019s 3rd District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican state Rep. Greg Murphy is headed to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy, a Greenville urologist, coasted to victory in Tuesday\u2019s special election in Eastern North Carolina\u2019s 3rd Congressional District. He\u00a0will finish the two-year term of the late Rep. Walter Jones, who died on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p>With all election precincts reporting unofficial results, Murphy defeated Democrat Allen Thomas by 62%-37%. Libertarian Tim Harris and Constitution Party candidate Greg Holt were both at less than 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Even before most of those results were posted, state Republican officials declared victory for Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Dr. Greg Murphy for a strong victory! Dr. Murphy ran a fantastic campaign focused on his support for the families, farmers, and small businesses in North Carolina\u2019s 3rd Congressional District,\u201d state party chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to seeing the positive results he will produce for eastern North Carolina in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article234914277.html\">here<\/a> to read the full article!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican state Rep. Greg Murphy is headed to Congress. 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