It was a fittingly weird start to a weird night in North Carolina politics. The Old North State delivered a series of results that show why national Democrats have been so hopeful about flipping it, while likely discouraging them from trying again for some time.

After a contentious gubernatorial race has come to a close, Josh Stein will take over for Gov. Roy Cooper in the executive mansion.

Recent articles highlighted five major takeaways from the 2024 election in North Carolina. Democrats made significant gains, flipping several key seats in the state legislature, reducing the Republican supermajority.

With the glaring exception of the presidential race, North Carolina Democrats had a good 2024 election. While Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump in the battleground state by more than 3 percentage points,

While the results of the 2024 Election are some that many are still trying to figure out, officials and leaders on both the Republican and Democratic sides are saying there are lessons learned from the results.

North Carolina was the first swing state called Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump, but further down the ballot, Democrats had more reasons to celebrate than Republicans. Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris,

As President-elect Donald Trump received a record-number of voters in North Carolina, Republicans also got substantial judicial wins. Winning three more seats on the state’s Court of Appeals, Republicans are now in 12 of the court’s 15 seats.