WELCOME TO THE NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREAD FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH.
This is the 78th Weekly Edition.
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RALEIGH
As people pore over election results, trying to make sense of a year that has baffled many, some in North Carolina are trying to decipher the reasons for Wake County Superior Court Judge Mike Morgan’s resounding victory over Justice Bob Edmunds for the only open seat on the state Supreme Court.
The victory for Morgan, a Democrat, over Edmunds, a Republican, means the ideological balance of the state’s highest court swings back to favor the Democrats, who will hold four of the seven seats.
Morgan won by more than nine percentage points even though Republicans won the state’s votes for president, Senate, five state Court of Appeals seats and six other statewide races. Democrats lead narrowly in three more contests, including for governor, but Morgan and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall were the only Democrats with decisive statewide wins.
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
PCT. |
E.V. |
|
Donald J. Trump |
Republican |
2,339,603 |
50.5% |
15 |
|
Hillary Clinton |
Democrat |
2,162,074 |
46.7 |
— |
|
Gary Johnson |
Libertarian |
127,794 |
2.8 |
— |
100% reporting (2,704 of 2,704 precincts)
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
PCT. |
|
|
Richard M. Burr* |
Republican |
2,371,192 |
51.1% |
|
|
Deborah Ross |
Democrat |
2,102,666 |
45.3 |
|
|
Sean Haugh |
Libertarian |
165,319 |
3.6 |
|
100% reporting (2,704 of 2,704 precincts)
CANDIDATE |
PARTY |
VOTES |
PCT. |
|
|
Roy Cooper |
Democrat |
2,281,155 |
49.0% |
|
|
Pat McCrory* |
Republican |
2,276,383 |
48.9 |
|
|
Lon Cecil |
Libertarian |
101,028 |
2.2 |
|
100% reporting (2,704 of 2,704 precincts)
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