[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16876-16877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER laid before the House the following communication from 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

                                              Office of the Clerk,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                    Washington, DC, July 21, 2004.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     The Speaker, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: I have the honor to transmit herewith a 
     facsimile copy of a letter received from Mr. Gray O. 
     Bartlett, Executive Director, North Carolina State Board of 
     Elections, State of North Carolina, indicating that, 
     according to the unofficial returns of the Special Election 
     held July 20, 2004, the Honorable G.K. Butterfield was 
     elected Representative in Congress for the First 
     Congressional District, State of North Carolina.
       With best wishes, I am
           Sincerely,
                                                    Jeff Trandahl,
                                                            Clerk.
       Attachment.


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                                     State Board of Elections,

                                       Raleigh, NC, July 21, 2004.
     Mr. Jeff Trandahl,
     Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Mr. Trandahl: The unofficial results of the special 
     election to fill the unexpired term in the First 
     Congressional District of North Carolina are as follows:

     G.K. Butterfield (Dem), 42,450 71%;
     Greg Dority (Rep), 16,470, 27%;
     Thomas I. Eisenmenger (Lib), 994, 2%.

       All the counties in the First District have transmitted 
     their unofficial totals to our SEIMS database as of 12:25 
     p.m., this morning. The above figures above represent the 
     unofficial totals with all counties reporting into our SEIMS 
     database at this time.
           Sincerely,
                                                 Gary O. Bartlett,
     Executive Director.

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