December 13, 2023

Axios Raleigh covered our poll in December 2023 about the North Carolina Senate District 26 Republican primary between Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page and Senate Leader Phil Berger. The poll, released in the days before Thanksgiving, showed Page about 30 points ahead of Berger in a head-to-head matchup.

Page defeated Berger in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary.

Media coverage

• WataugaWatch: Say What? Phil Berger Might Get Comeuppance From a Fellow Republican? (December 4, 2023)

• Axios Raleigh: The mysterious effort to oust NC's most powerful Republican (December 13, 2023)

• WataugaWatch: Insurgency Against Phil Berger Gets a Face (December 16, 2023)