Millions of Americans have submitted their votes for the next President of the United States. Polls close on Election Day in Virginia at 7 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. in North Carolina. Results are expected to start coming in as early as 8 p.

Lofton argued that his party now has more bargaining power, especially on issues like education funding and school choice where he said Republicans and Democrats have not been on the same page.

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.