Throughout election night, Carolina Journal will be providing up-to-the-minute results from key state and federal races across North Carolina. Check back for regular updates as the evening unfolds.
U.S. Senate race
Cheri Beasley (Democrat) vs. Tedd Budd (Republican). 10:30pm update: 47% Beasley, 51% Budd.
N.C. Congressional races
District 1: Don Davis (Democrat) vs. Sandy Smith (Republican) 10:30pm update: 53% Davis, 47% Smith
District 6: Kathy Manning (Democrat) vs. Christian Castelli (Republican) 10:30pm update: 54% Manning, 45% Castelli
District 13: Wiley Nickel (Democrat) vs. Bo Hines (Republican) 10:30pm update: 52% Nickel, 48% Hines
N.C. Supreme Court races
Sam J. Ervin IV (Democrat) vs. Trey Allen (Republican) 10:30pm update: 47% Ervin, 53% Allen
Lucy Inman (Democrat) vs. Richard Dietz (Republican) 10:30pm update: 47% Inman, 53% Dietz
Road to a GOP supermajority
Locke experts have identified the following nine Senate seats and 19 House seats as being instrumental in Republicans either winning or coming short of a supermajority. Republicans need a net pickup of three seats in the House and two seats in the Senate to achieve a supermajority and be able to overturn vetos from Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper. The Democrats’ goal, although a much less likely possibility, would be to flip one of the chambers. To do so they would need to gain four seats in the Senate and 10 in the House.
N.C. Senate races
SD 3: Valerie Jordan (Democrat) vs. Bobby Hanig (Republican) 9:45pm update: 49% Jordan, 51% Hanig
SD 4: Toby Fitch (Democrat) vs. Buck Newton (Republican) 9:45pm update: 43% Fitch, 57% Newton
SD 7: Marcia Ruth Morgan (Democrat) vs. Michael Lee (Republican) 9:45pm update: 51% Morgan, 49% Lee
SD 11: Mark Speed (Democrat) vs. Lisa Stone Barnes (Republican) 9:45pm update: 46% Speed, 54% Barnes
SD 17: Sydney Batch (Democrat) vs. Mark Cavaliero (Republican) 9:45pm update: 58% Batch, 41% Cavaliero
SD 18: Mary Wills Bode (Democrat) vs. E.C. Sykes (Republican) 9:45pm update: 56% Bode, 42% Sykes
SD 21: Frank McNeill (Democrat) vs. Tom McInnis (Republican) 9:45pm update: 46% McNeil, 54% McInnis
SD 24: Darrel Gibson Jr. (Democrat) vs. Danny Earl Britt, Jr. (Republican) 9:45pm update: 42% Gibson, 58% Britt
SD 42: Rachel Hunt (Democrat) vs. Cheryl Russo (Republican) 9:45pm update: 58% Hunt, 42% Russo
N.C. House races
HD 5: Howard Hunter III (Democrat) vs. Bill Ward (Republican) 9:45pm update: 48% Hunter, 52% Ward
HD 9: Brian Farkas (Democrat) vs. Timothy Reeder (Republican) 9:45pm update: 49% Farkas, 51% Reeder
HD 20: Amy Block DeLoach (Democrat) vs. Ted Davis Jr. (Republican) 9:45pm update: 50% DeLoach, 40% Davis
HD 24: Linda Cooper-Suggs (Democrat) vs. Ken Fontenot (Republican) 9:45pm update: 49% Cooper-Suggs, 51% Fontenot
HD 25: James D. Gailliard (Democrat) vs. Allen Chesser (Republican) 9:45pm update: 45% Galliard, 53% Chesser
HD 35: Terence Everitt (Democrat) vs. Fred Von Canon (Republican) 9:45pm update: 59% Everitt, 39% Von Canon
HD 40: Joe John (Democrat) vs. Marilyn Avila (Republican) 9:45pm update: 62% John, 36% Avila
HD 43: Elmer Floyd (Democrat) vs. Diane Wheatley (Republican) 9:45pm update: 53% Floyd, 46% Wheatley
HD 47: Charles Townsend (Democrat) vs. Jarrod Lowery (Republican) 9:45pm update: 37% Townsend, 61% Lowery
HD 48: Garland E. Pierce (Democrat) vs. Melissa Swarbrick (Republican) 9:45pm update: 53% Pierce, 47% Swarbrick
HD 54: Robert T. Reeves (Democrat) vs. Walter Petty (Republican) 9:45pm update: 57% Reeves, 43% Petty
HD 59: Sherrie Young (Democrat) vs. Jon Hardister (Republican) 9:45pm update: 49% Young, 51% Hardister
HD 62: Brandon Gray (Democrat) vs. John Faircloth (Republican) 9:45pm update: 51% Gray, 48% Faircloth
HD 63: Ricky Hurtado (Democrat) vs. Stephen Ross (Republican) 9:45pm update: 49% Hurtado, Ross 51%
HD 73: Diamond Staton-Williams (Democrat) vs. Brian Echevarria (Republican) 9:45pm update: 53% Staton-Williams, 47% Echevarria
HD 74: Carla Catalan Day (Democrat) vs. Jeff Zenger (Republican) 9:45pm update: 51% Day, 49% Zenger
HD 98: Christy Clark (Democrat) vs. John R. Bradford III (Republican) 9:45pm update: 53% Clark, 47% Bradford
HD 103: Laura Budd (Democrat) vs. Bill Brawley (Republican) 9:45pm update: 56% Budd, 44% Brawley
HD 104: Brandon Lofton (Democrat) vs. Don Pomeroy (Republican) 9:45pm update: 56% Lofton, 44% Pomeroy