By Joseph Ax, Andrea Shalal, Jarrett Renshaw and Helen Coster PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia in Tuesday's U.

The Associated Press called the state for Trump at 11:18 p.m., as unofficial results continued to trickle in from the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and his supporters celebrated. Once 100% of precincts were reported around 2:20 a.

A voter in North Carolina claimed he made a last-minute vote for Vice President Kamala Harris due to his girlfriend threatening to break up with him, later revealing that he was lying. CNN was interviewing voters who had just finished voting in the swing state when they interviewed a man named Bryan Flores,