Donald Trump’s visits to North Carolina netted his greatest difference in raw votes and second-best winning percentage over Kamala Harris in the seven consensus battleground states of the America’s 60th presidential election.

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Election results also show President-elect Trump made some of his biggest gains in North Carolina counties, which are all known for their tobacco products.

Former President Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina over Vice President Kamala Harris, with 16 electoral votes at stake.

After a contentious gubernatorial race has come to a close, Josh Stein will take over for Gov. Roy Cooper in the executive mansion.

Democrat Kamala Harris faced Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in the U.S. presidential election, with the two candidates vying to attract support after staking positions on issues including abortion,

Voters in North Carolina headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a critical presidential swing state.

Donald Trump secured almost 60 percent of first time voters in North Carolina, early exit poll data suggests. The figure is up 9 percent from 2020, when 50 percent of first timers cast their ballots for the Republican nominee.

The state has now gone to Donald J. Trump in all three of his presidential bids, underscoring his political strength there.

The group of North Carolina elected executive branch positions known as the Council of State will have equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans come January.

Republicans in North Carolina plan to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of an immigration and school choice bill in their closing days of session.

Trump won North Carolina in both 2016 and 2020. In 2016, he won the state by a 3.6 percent margin over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Trump received 2,362,631 votes, or 49.83 percent. He was slightly leading polls before the election.