Former President Donald Trump has won North Carolina, NBC News projects, taking the first major major battleground of the election so far and cementing the GOP’s hold on the state’s 16 electoral votes.

Looks like Josh Stein got a big lift for his term as North Carolina governor. The biggest surprise for many coming out of Tuesday's election isn't that Donald Trump won the presidency again. Instead it's what state Democrats appear to have pulled off in North Carolina.

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,

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.

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,

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.