RALEIGH - About six in 10 North Carolina Senate voters said Republican Michael Whatley was “too supportive” of President Donald Trump, according to AP Voter Poll findings released after Democrat Roy Cooper won the race.
RALEIGH - Gov. Josh Stein announced an $11.3 million expansion of the Child Care WAGE$ salary-supplement program over three years, adding or increasing support for early educators in 39 counties affected by Hurricane Helene.
RALEIGH - The U.S. Treasury Department has certified 204 North Carolina census tracts as Opportunity Zones, Gov. Josh Stein announced Thursday, completing a designation process for a federal tax-incentive program aimed at attracting private investment.
RALEIGH - Republicans lead in 26 of North Carolina’s 50 Senate districts in unofficial returns, but a 268-vote margin in one southeastern district leaves the chamber’s final balance unsettled as counties review remaining ballots.
RALEIGH - North Carolina election officials reported 36,339 provisional ballots cast statewide in the Nov. 3 general election, releasing a county-by-county accounting Wednesday as post-election review continues.
RALEIGH - North Carolina election officials have selected 200 ballot groupings, two in each of the state’s 100 counties, for required hand-count audits of the U.S. Senate contest.
RALEIGH - Unofficial state returns show North Carolina voters favoring all three constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot, covering the income-tax ceiling, local property-tax levy limits and photo identification for voting.
RALEIGH - Democratic candidates led in 10 of North Carolina’s 14 U.S. House districts in the State Board of Elections’ Wednesday results file, positioning the party to expand its congressional delegation while several close contests remained unsettled.
RALEIGH - North Carolina legislative leaders do not oppose Supreme Court review of Gov. Josh Stein’s challenge to elections-board appointment changes, but they are asking the justices to uphold the law that shifted authority to the state auditor.
RALEIGH - Democrats were ahead for control of the North Carolina House in unofficial returns Wednesday morning, while Republicans led enough state Senate races for a narrow majority but not a party-line veto-override threshold with every seat voting.
SNOW HILL - Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis is projected to win a third term representing North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District after Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout conceded their rematch.
RALEIGH - Democrat Roy Cooper is projected to win North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican Michael Whatley and flipping the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, according to Decision Desk HQ.
