{"id":2366140,"date":"2024-11-08T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-win-key-downballot-races-in-north-carolina-despite-trump-win-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T17:36:00","slug":"democrats-win-key-downballot-races-in-north-carolina-despite-trump-win-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-win-key-downballot-races-in-north-carolina-despite-trump-win-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats win key downballot races in North Carolina despite Trump win &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-win-key-downballot-races-in-north-carolina-despite-trump-win-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366140&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the recent elections in North Carolina, despite President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s victory in the state,\u200c Democrats achieved significant \u200dsuccess in down-ballot races. \u200dTrump won the state \u2063with\u2062 51.1% of the vote against Vice President Kamala Harris, who\u2064 garnered 47.7%. \u2063However, Democratic \u200dcandidate Josh Stein decisively defeated Republican Mark Robinson in the gubernatorial race, receiving 54.8% of the votes. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats also secured victories in key statewide positions, including lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary \u2062of state, and superintendent of public institutions, while Republicans maintained \u200dcontrol over \u2063several \u2063other commissioner offices. A \u2063notable setback for\u200b Republicans was their failure to maintain a supermajority in the state House of \u200bRepresentatives, though they retained it in the Senate.\u2063 This change will enable the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-glenn-youngkin-wins-va-gubernatorial-race\/\" title=\"Republican Glenn Youngkin wins Va. gubernatorial race\">newly elected governor<\/a>, Stein, to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">effectively veto legislation passed<\/a> by the Republicans, reversing the trend\u2063 of recent years \u200cwhen many bills were\u2062 overridden despite gubernatorial vetoes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats win key downballot races in North Carolina despite Trump win<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"North Carolina\">North Carolina<\/a> was the first swing state called Tuesday for President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, but further down the ballot, Democrats had more reasons to celebrate than Republicans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/trump-wins-swing-state-north-carolina-harris-wins-oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defeated\">defeated<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris, 51.1%-47.7%, in the Tar Heel State. However, in the gubernatorial contest between Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican state Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Stein trounced Robinson, 54.8%-40.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats were also victorious in the lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and superintendent of public institution races. Republicans held onto the state agriculture, insurance, and labor commissioners offices, along with the state treasurer&rsquo;s office. The lone flip for Republicans in statewide races came with the state auditor, while Democrats nabbed the lieutenant governor&rsquo;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The key loss for Republicans came in the state legislature, where they kept their supermajority in the state Senate but failed to hold their supermajority in the state House. Democrats have held the governor&rsquo;s office since 2017, but the loss of the supermajority means Stein will have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-quietly-remaking-courts-to-counter-rightward-lurch-under-trump\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Silent Court Transformation Counters Trump&#039;s Rightward Shift\">effective veto power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the bills passed by Republicans in state legislature in recent sessions were vetoed by outgoing-Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC), but because of the supermajority, were overridden and put into law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In spite of the GOP&rsquo;s best effort to draw the most aggressive gerrymander in the country, Democrats, Independents, and Republicans came together to break the supermajority and hand the veto pen to Governor-elect Stein,&rdquo; the North Carolina Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NCDemParty\/status\/1854182889241337887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the key districts for control of the federal House, North Carolina&rsquo;s 1st Congressional District, Rep. Don Davis (D-NC)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/north-carolina-1st-district-house-race-don-davis-laurie-buckhout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defeated\">defeated<\/a> Republican Laurie Buckhout. The loss in the redrawn district with a slight GOP tilt made Republican efforts to hold the lower chamber of Congress less certain, as results in other districts nationwide are still outstanding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GOP&rsquo;s lackluster showing on the ballot, with the exception of Trump, was blamed by some on Robinson&rsquo;s gubernatorial campaign, which was embroiled in controversy throughout the cycle. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/presidential-race-democrats-good-election-north-carolina-rcna179167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> by NBC News had several political operatives on both sides of the aisle pointing to Robinson&rsquo;s failed campaign to Democrats&rsquo; downballot performance.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2026 midterm elections, North Carolina will likely have one of the most hotly contested Senate races, when Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is up for reelection. Democrats will likely make it a top target as they seek to regain the Senate majority they lost in Tuesday&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats excel in downballot races in North Carolina despite Trump&#8217;s victory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2366141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nc-democrats-election-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,41842,32321,32258,3634],"class_list":["post-2366140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-downballot-races","tag-election-results","tag-north-carolina","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nc-democrats-election-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366144,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366140\/revisions\/2366144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}