N.C. Rep. Graig Meyer, D-Caswell, Orange, and Republican candidate Landon Woods are projected to win their respective primary elections for the N.C. Senate District 23 seat, according to unofficial results.
They will face off in the general election for the two-year term as a state senator.
This district includes Orange, Caswell and Person counties and is currently represented by Sen. Valerie Foushee, D-Chatham, Orange, who is projected to win the Democratic nomination for the state's fourth congressional district.
Meyer won 82.36 percent of the votes in the Democratic primary in Orange County, Caswell and Person counties, finishing ahead of Jamie DeMent Holcomb, who received 17.64 percent.
Woods received 58.23 percent of the Republican votes in the counties, while competitor Bill Cooke received 41.77 percent.
Meyer, the Democratic nominee who served eight years in the N.C. House of Representatives, said he has dedicated his career to public service and is thankful that voters want to allow him to serve in the state senate.
"I feel great," Meyer said. "We've had such tremendous community support throughout the whole campaign, both in the area that I currently represent and the areas that are new to me."
"I know there are very big and very important challenges in front of us that make a real difference in people's lives, and I am ready to look for the opportunities to take on those challenges and make Orange, Person and Caswell counties, and all of North Carolina, a place where we can raise our families and where we all love living," he said.
Meyer said that his main priorities include fully funding public education, supporting teachers and students, taking on climate change and advancing an equitable and inclusive society.
