Provisional votes in the primary race between Phil Berger and Sam Page were counted recently and reported.

For a man who spent over $10 million to win a primary in a district that he specifically gerrymandered for himself, Berger will not be conceding anything soon. He’s probably willing to drag this out for months – like passing a budget for the state or expanding Medicaid.

But there are some other civics lessons being taught in the real-time classroom of the present day.

Mmmmm….

And there’s more. A LOT MORE. Listen to this.

And there’s more….

There are now provisional ballots to review, and a recount surely to come. Who oversees that recount? The Rockingham County Board of Elections, which answers to, and is funded by, the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners – whose chairman, Kevin Berger, is Phil Berger’s son.

Who else oversees Rockingham’s Board of Elections? The State Board of Elections, whose members are appointed by State Auditor Dave Boliek – who Phil Berger put in the job, and who was campaigning with Phil Berger at the polls.

Who liaises between the State Board of Elections and county boards of elections? None other than Dallas Woodhouse, the former executive director of the NCGOP.

If a conflict over the election went into the courts, it would presumably rise to the State Supreme Court. Who sits on NC’s Supreme Court? Phil Berger’s other son, Phil Berger Jr.