VOLUME 9 ISSUE 37 | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2024
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Former President Donald Trump waves as he walks with wife Melania Trump at an election night watch party where he declared victory early Wednesday morning over Vice President Kamala Harris at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida.
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You’re rehired: Trump reclaims White House
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Republicans claim Senate majority, close in on House Washington, D.C. Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would produce a full sweep of GOP power in Congress alongside President-elect Donald Trump in the White House. A unified Republican grip on Washington would set the course for Trump’s agenda. Or if Democrats wrest control of the House, it would provide an almost certain backstop, with veto power over the White House. Speaking early Wednesday at his election night party in Florida, Trump said the results delivered an “unprecedented and powerful mandate” for Republicans. Vote counting in some races could go on for days, and control of the House is too early to call. The rally for Republicans started early on election night in West Virginia when Jim Justice, the state’s wealthy governor, flipped the seat held by retiring Sen. Joe Manchin. From there, the Republicans marched alongside Trump across the Senate map. Republicans toppled Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, the first incumbent senator to fall, with GOP luxury car dealer and blockchain entrepreneur Bernie Moreno. They chased Democrats in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, where Vice President Kamala Harris strained to carry the party forward. Republican incumbents in Texas, Florida and Nebraska all held their seats, and Trump-backed Tim Sheehy, a wealthy former NAVY Seal, unseated Democrat Jon Tester in Montana.
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The former president won by nearly 200,000 votes in North Carolina The Associated Press
Stein cruises to win in gubernatorial race The attorney general easily defeated Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign was rocked by controversy North State Journal staff RALEIGH — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein won the race for governor, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. The Associated Press called the race for Stein just before 9 p.m. Stein won 54.82% of the
vote to Robinson’s 40.18%. “Tonight, the people of North Carolina resoundingly embraced a vision that’s optimistic, forward-looking and welcoming — a vision that is about creating opportunity for every North Carolinian,” Stein said at his election night watch party in Raleigh after the race was called for him. “We chose hope over hate. Competence over chaos. Decency over division. That’s who we are as North Carolinians. “And I am so honored that
WASHINGTON, N.C. — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for the former president who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris handily in his bid to recapture the White House. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. “We’ve been through so much together, and today you showed up in record numbers to deliver a victory,” Trump told throngs of his cheering supporters in Florida. “This was something special, and we’re going to pay you back.” The results cap a historically tumultuous and competitive election season that included two assassination attempts targeting Trump and a shift to a new Democratic nominee just a month before the party’s convention. Trump will inherit a range of challenges when he assumes office on Jan. 20, including heightened political polarization and global crises that are testing
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4.2M-plus used early voting in North Carolina
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Mail-in absentee ballots cast in Tyrrell County.
The total surpassed the 3.6 million who cast their ballots before Election Day in 2020 By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — North Carolinians cast more than 4.2 million votes during the state’s early voting period, beating the state’s previous early voting record in 2020 of over 3.6 million. “I am proud of all of our 100 county boards of elections and the thousands of election workers who are making this happen in their communities,” Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board of Elec-
tions, said in a press release. “And I am especially proud of the workers and voters of Western North Carolina. You are an inspiration to us all.” According to the NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE), as of Sunday, 4,465,548 voters had cast their ballots in the 2024 general election. That is 57% of the state’s 7.8 million registered voters. The NCSBE press release said the figures may be a bit lower than the actual turnout due to a “lag” between the casting of a ballot and when county boards of elections upload the data to the NCSBE. Voters in the 25 western North Carolina counties See VOTING, page A8
“This was something special, and we’re going to pay you back.” Donald Trump