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Good morning, readers.

Democrats clobbered their Republican opponents in all three of Cary’s municipal races on Tuesday. After the dust settled, I took a look at precinct-level results, campaign finance reports, and historical voter turnout data to get a sense of why the winners won.

It looks like party affiliation was the strongest predictor of victory this year—more so than fundraising or incumbency. The Republicans in this race tried (to varying degrees) to make it about the budget being too big and taxes being too high. The Democrats talked about how great Cary’s town services are, how beautiful its parks, how innovative its development projects—justifying the cost of living in town rather than arguing about the bottom line. Voters embraced the latter message, granting the town council their implicit blessing to keep doing what it’s doing.

Read INDY’s takeaways from Cary’s municipal elections below and check our elections page for more results and analysis from around the Triangle. And if you’re into Cary news, consider signing up for The Line, a new local newsletter from our partners at The Assembly that features lots of our western Wake County reporting.

Have a good Thursday.

—Chloe

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Wake Election Results

Sitting mayors in four Wake County towns lost reelection bids on Tuesday amid a bad night for incumbents and Republicans.

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Durham Election Results

The Durham City Council will have two new members after challengers unseated incumbents on Tuesday. 

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Cary Election Results

Election Day saw a blue sweep of Cary’s officially nonpartisan town council, which will be composed entirely of Democrats.

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