North Carolina’s election night results will remain unofficial while county boards review outstanding ballots and conduct public checks before certifying their totals, the State Board of Elections said in guidance released Tuesday.
KINSTON - Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to appear at a midterm campaign rally in Kinston on Wednesday, Oct. 28, bringing another visit by a senior national Republican to North Carolina six days before Election Day.
RALEIGH - A Quantus Insights poll released Oct. 26 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 51.4% to 42.8% among likely voters in North Carolina's open U.S. Senate race.
RALEIGH - Preliminary North Carolina State Board of Elections data show 3.1% of returned absentee-by-mail ballots in spoiled status at the current stage of the 2026 general election, up from 2.6% at the comparable point in 2022.
WASHINGTON - Cook Political Report moved North Carolina’s 3rd and 13th congressional districts from Solid Republican to Likely Republican in its latest U.S. House ratings update.
WASHINGTON - Sabato’s Crystal Ball has moved North Carolina’s 1st and 11th congressional district races from Toss-up to Leans Democratic in its Oct. 20 House ratings update.
GREENVILLE - Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy entered the closing stretch of the North Carolina 3rd District campaign with about $2.4 million in cash on hand, compared with $81,164.67 for Democratic challenger Raymond Smith Jr., according to FEC summaries through Sept. 30.
RALEIGH - Ballotpedia identifies 23 of North Carolina's 120 House districts as battlegrounds in elections that could decide whether Republicans regain veto-override strength.
RALEIGH - An ActiVote poll released Oct. 20 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 56.9% to 43.1% among 400 likely midterm voters in North Carolina's open U.S. Senate race.
ASHEVILLE - A Trump-aligned super PAC canceled future advertising reservations in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, according to the Washington Sun, which said it independently confirmed the cancellation.
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters had cast 733,299 accepted absentee and early ballots through Oct. 19, an increase of 201,059 ballots, or 37.8%, from the comparable point in the 2022 midterm election.
RALEIGH - An Elon University Poll released Oct. 20 found Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley 52% to 39% among likely voters in North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate race.
