RELEVANT BACKGROUND: On the evening of Monday, November 6th 2006, Rockingham County Board of Education at-large candidate Ron Price turned himself into the Reidsville Police Department and admitted having illegally taken campaign signs belonging to incumbent U.S. House candidate Brad Miller. The police found several Miller signs in the trunk of Price’s car (OFFICIAL REPORT: Page #1, Page #2). Price claimed that he had seen several signs that had been knocked down that belonged to Vernon Robinson, the Republican challenger for Miller’s seat and the candidate that Price had been campaigning for. Price then said that he took down several Miller signs because they were illegally placed along the road and was going to take them to the DOT. Curiously, Price replaced the Miller signs he had taken down with Robinson signs… in the same “illegal” locations.

And then the following night, Ron Price came in fifth place ...