• Foushee Leads Allam in Tight NC-04 Primary
  • DAE Sweeps Durham School Board
  • Nickel Wins Wake DA Primary
  • BOOM Club Makes Electronic Music Accessible

Good morning, readers.

We’re coming to your inbox a little early this morning to bring you results from yesterday’s primary elections across the Triangle.

The biggest news of the night was the tight 4th Congressional District primary between Rep. Valerie Foushee and challenger Nida Allam. It was especially close in parts of Western Wake County newly added to the district. Foushee came out on top and Allam said she will seek a recount.

In Durham, candidates backed by the workers’ union swept the school board, shifting the makeup of the board at a time when the relationship between the union and the district is pretty tense. In Wake, Wiley Nickel won the Democratic primary for district attorney; he faces no opposition in the general election and is set to become just the third DA since the 1980s to lead the office. And in Orange, Sheriff Charles Blackwood fended off a challenger pitching reform.

Click below for a full breakdown of the races. We’ll be updating these stories with analysis and candidate reactions throughout the day.

—Sarah W.

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Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Foushee Leads Allam

U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee leads challenger Nida Allam by a margin of just 1,200 votes. Allam says she’ll seek a recount, INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur reports.

Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Nickel Wins Wake DA Primary

From the INDY team: Results in Wake’s district attorney, county commission, state legislative, and Raleigh City Council primaries.

DAE Sweeps School Board

From the INDY team: Results in Durham’s school board, district attorney, sheriff, judicial and legislative races.

ARTS & CULTURE: A home for electronic music nerds and novices alike, Durham’s “Build Our Own Music” (BOOM) Club opens this week, INDY’s Justin Laidlaw reports.

STATE: As expected, Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley will face off in the fall for a U.S. Senate seat. Here’s how that race is shaping up, from our partners at The Assembly.

EDUCATION: Wake County’s school board voted to rebuild the historic Ligon Middle School, WRAL reports.

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