Augustus S. Merrimon
Governor candidate from North Carolina who lost a razor-thin 1.0-point race in 1872
Evidence & provenance
Source owners
Certified contest returns, candidate career records, and Akashic Edge deterministic grading inputs.
Freshness
Rendered Apr 14, 2026 from the latest candidate, contest, and forecast tables loaded in Akashic Edge.
Boundary scope
Candidate-level profile spanning every contest recorded for this person in Akashic Edge.
Claim type
Deterministic summaries, calculated grades, and certified election history. No freeform AI prose.
Career Timeline
Geographic Performance
1 races with county data
County-level results, strongest and weakest counties, and performance by county type.
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Sortable, searchable table of every county result for each race.
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1 races available
Scatter plots correlating county performance with demographics: race, education, income, foreign-born.
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