Rachel Hunt is projected to win the North Carolina Lieutenant Governor’s race. Hunt received 49.44% of the vote to Weatherman’s 47.75% of the vote. A total of 93,585 separates the pair. The Associated Press called the race around lunchtime on Wednesday.

In a close race for North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Democrat Rachel Hunt has come out victorious. Hunt pulled away with the win by gaining 49% of the state’s votes. Her opponent, Republican Hal Weatherman, managed to clinch 48% of those votes.

Featured photo: Attorney General Josh Stein won the race for governor of NC on Tuesday evening, beating Republican Mark Robinson after the latter had disastrous press coverage in the months leading up to Election Day. (file photo)

Rachel Hunt, a Democrat, wins the lieutenant governor’s race in North Carolina. Race called by The Associated Press. race called Live analysis of the results › Hispanic counties have long been Democratic strongholds in Texas.

Republican voters in North Carolina cast ballots in greater numbers than four years ago, while Democratic turnout sagged

With his victory in the Tar Heel State, Trump moves 16 electoral votes closer to the 270 needed to become president.

Republican Donald Trump wins Georgia and North Carolina, capturing two of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in five other swing states are still being counted. Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate,

Polls across the continental United States have closed for the presidential election as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump seek the 270 electoral college votes needed to gain the Oval Office.