MOUNT AIRY
Randy Wolfe, a challenger for the N.C. House 90th District in Surry County, was arrested twice over the weekend for driving while intoxicated.
Wolfe, a Democrat, is a Mount Airy native and retired CBS News producer who is making his first run for office, challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Sarah Stevens.
"I made a mistake over the weekend,” Wolfe, 58, said this morning. “I apologize to my supporters. The mistake was mine.”
With early voting concluded and Election Day tomorrow, it’s too late for Wolfe to drop out of the race. He has, though, taken down his campaign Web site.
“I thought it best to take it down this morning,” Wolfe said.
According to Mount Airy police, Wolfe was pulled over just before 10 p.m. Saturday after an officer observed him going 10 miles under the speed limit on U.S. 52 and crossing the center line. Wolfe failed a field sobriety test and later tested for a blood-alcohol level of 0.14, almost twice the legal limit for driving in North Carolina.
Then on Sunday, Wolfe was pulled over again about 8 p.m. after an officer observed him blowing his horn excessively while stuck in traffic on North Main Street, police said. He again failed a field sobriety test, and was determined to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.20.
Wolfe was charged with DWI after the Saturday night incident and DWI, two counts of driving while license revoked, and resisting a public officer after the Sunday night incident.
Wolfe was released from the Surry County jail Sunday on a $10,000 bond.
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