Former President Donald Trump has won the state of North Carolina and its 16 electoral votes, according to the Associated Press.
The win now puts Trump closer to the 270 electoral vote mark that he needs to win the election. He stands now at 230 votes.
With 89% of votes reporting, Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris with 51% of the vote compared to Harris’s 48%.
The state was widely considered to be one of the most competitive in the country prior to election night. Trump won North Carolina by less than two points in 2020 against President Joe Biden and polls showed the two candidates locked in a close battle ahead of Election Day.
Trump’s performance is a marked improvement on his 2020 margin.
North Carolina was also host to a governor’s election between North Carolina Attorney General John Stein and the state’s scandal-plagued Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. Stein was quickly declared the victor after 45 minutes of polls closing.
With 92% of the votes reported, Stein soundly defeated Robinson with 55% of the North Carolina Electorate compared to Robinson’s total of just under 40% of the vote.
Stein’s victory may indicate what is known as split-ticket voting, where voters who cast their votes for former President Donald Trump in the presidential election also voted for the Democratic governor candidate. Stein currently outperforms Harris by over 300,000 votes.
Contact city and state editor Nick Mossman at nick.mossman@richmond.edu.
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