A week before the election, I wrote that North Carolina was the prototypical “state in play,” featuring competitive races for president and a dozen other statewide offices as well as a spirited ...

Trump has repeatedly said he won’t “cut one cent” from Social Security or raise the retirement age. The official Republican ...

I left North Carolina after Election Day upset about Donald Trump's win but knowing my home state still has some blue left.

Half of voters identified democracy as the single most important motivating factor for their vote. That was higher than the share of voters who answered the same way about inflation, the situation at ...

Pierce won nearly 52% of the total vote, losing Scotland but winning Hoke. The North Carolina Republican Party sent mailers ...

The youth vote was not a monolith in Tuesday’s election, despite its broad concern for the environment and disillusionment ...

“We are thrilled for President Trump’s success and third victory in North Carolina, which is the largest of his three ...

Election night brought with it sweeping changes to North Carolina state government, chief among them the Council of State. The Council of State is composed of 10 elected officials and is part of the ...

Like Gov. Roy Cooper, Gov.-elect Josh Stein will be a Democrat working with a Republican-controlled General Assembly.

As one of the principal political battlegrounds in the United States, North Carolina is no stranger to divisive campaigns, ...

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, an El Paso Democrat, also won Tarrant County in 2018 in the U.S. Senate race against Sen. Ted ...

Michele Morrow, Republican candidate for NC superintendent of public instruction ... they may have expected Truitt to win her ...