Phyllis Portie-Ascott is projected to win the lone contested Orange County commissioner race on Tuesday night, earning her first election to the county board. The Democrat earned 76.16% of the votes with 50% of the county's precincts reporting, which project as enough to defeat Republican candidate H. Nathan Robinson in the race for a District 2 seat, which represents Hillsborough and northern Orange County on the elected board. Portie-Ascott is already a familiar face among the county commissioners, having been appointed nearly two years ago to a seat left vacant by the election of Renée Price to the North Carolina House of Representatives. Despite that time on the board, this cycle represented Portie-Ascott's first campaign for the county position after previously having been the first vice chair of the Orange County Democratic Party. The victory means Portie-Ascott will now be able to serve a full, four-year term on the board. Alongside Portie-Ascott, Marilyn Carter earned electi...