Democrats in North Carolina emerged from election night with key victories up and down the ballot. But they failed to break Donald Trump’s hold on the battleground state for a third straight time as he cruised to a second term.

With the glaring exception of the presidential race, North Carolina Democrats had a good 2024 election. While Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump in the battleground state by more than 3 percentage points,

North Carolina was the first swing state called Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump, but further down the ballot, Democrats had more reasons to celebrate than Republicans. Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris,

While the results of the 2024 Election are some that many are still trying to figure out, officials and leaders on both the Republican and Democratic sides are saying there are lessons learned from the results.

As President-elect Donald Trump received a record-number of voters in North Carolina, Republicans also got substantial judicial wins. Winning three more seats on the state’s Court of Appeals, Republicans are now in 12 of the court’s 15 seats.