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  (NC) Agriculture (Commissioner) race flip-flops, still in doubt
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ContributorU Ole Polecat 
Last EditedU Ole Polecat  Nov 04, 2004 06:09am
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MediaNewspaper - Charlotte Observer
News DateThursday, November 4, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
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Results of the N.C. commissioner of agriculture race remained up in the air late Wednesday.
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The next step: counting 72,000 provisional ballots.
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The agriculture commissioner's office, which until 2000 had no turnover in more than three decades, suffered a big campaign-finance scandal last year.

Former Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps resigned amid an investigation into her role in overseeing a scheme to extort political contributions from N.C. State Fair vendors in exchange for state business.

Last March, Phipps, the daughter and granddaughter of two former N.C. governors, began serving a four-year prison sentence.
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