Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein will win North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign struggled as his history of incendiary remarks became public.

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,

North Carolina is considered one of the seven key swing states that could decide the 2024 presidential election, and polls out of the Tar Heel State show it’s a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

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.