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GOP challenger emerges for Berger’s N.C. Senate seat in 2026

Summary by The News & Observer

Senate leader Phil Berger will have a primary opponent in the 2026 election if he decides to run for reelection. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page announced his run exclusively to The News & Observer on Thursday. Page previously ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 2024 Republican primary, coming in fifth in a field of 11.

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GOP challenger emerges for Berger’s N.C. Senate seat in 2026

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North Carolina sheriff to seek state Senate seat now held by powerful Phil Berger

Page, who was first elected sheriff in 1998, and Berger, considered one of the most powerful figures in state politics, were already GOP political rivals in their county north of

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