At a meeting earlier this year of his local Tea Party group, Delma Blinson, a Republican and member of the Beaufort County Board Of Elections, spoke in favor of and made a motion to endorse Greg Brannon, one of the candidates attempting to unseat Democratic Senator Kay Hagan next fall.  For that, he has been removed from his office on the county BOE.

Report Patrick Gannon fills in the details with his Raleigh News & Observer article, HERE.