The governor of the State Of North Carolina appointed Nifong to the position and he was not elected at the time the Lacrosse incident occurred. It has been said, although not widely known or substantiated, that the governor appointed him with the understanding that he would not run for the office.

After becoming the DA his assistant DA left and went back to private practice supposedly because she could not work for him. When it came time to elect a DA she decided to run for the office.

During the primary campaigning, the Duke incident occurred. The majority (around 56%) of Durham residents are black so many felt it was Nifong's way of getting the black vote. Nifong ended up winning the Democratic primary and since there were no Republicans running for the office, basically won the election. There was an attempt at election time to run a Republican candidate to take the election away from Nifong but it was not successful since the candidate said he would not take office if elected which would have allowed the governor to appoint a candidate of his choice.

After the election, the case was given to the State Attorney General's office. How did that happen...could there be some political pressure applied here from the governor's office? You can only speculate but if true you know one thing, Nifong will not be able to hold up under the pressure of the State Bar.

Once this is all over, he will be lucky to be able to get a job in a fast food restaurant. Would you want him fooling with your special sauce?