Trump wins NC and the race for governor comes down to the wire. Full results from Election 2016
Way back in 2012, former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory won Mecklenburg County by about 3,000 votes and went on to become governor of this fine state. Four years later, he lost the county by more than 100,000 votes to Democratic challenger Roy Cooper as Mecklenburg County turned a dark shade of blue on Election Night 2016. That may have been enough to unseat McCrory: Cooper ended the night on top by just 5,001 votes statewide. This one might not be over yet, though, as we wait on provisional ballots and a possible recount.
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Deborah Ross both won in the county with at least 59 percent of the Mecklenburg vote, but it wasn’t enough to keep the rest of the state from turning a deep shade of red. Donald Trump won N.C. on his way to becoming President-Elect Trump, and Richard Burr defeated Ross to stay in the U.S. Senate.
Here’s a quick breakdown of every race on the Charlotte ballot. Follow the links for more coverage of each race.
(Note: These are based on the unofficial results as reported by the N.C. State Board of Elections.)
President
Republican Donald Trump won N.C. with 49.9 percent of the vote, while Hillary Clinton earned 46 percent of the vote and Libertarian Gary Johnson received 2.7 percent of the vote. Clinton won in Mecklenburg with 62 percent of the vote.
AP declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2016 presidential election at 2:30 a.m.
U.S. Senate
Republican incumbent Richard Burr beat Democratic challenger Deborah Ross with 51 percent of the vote. (Ross won in Mecklenburg County with 59 percent of the vote.)
U.S. House of Representatives: District 9
Republican incumbent Robert Pittenger won with 58 percent of the vote. Democratic challenger Christian Cano earned 42 percent of the vote. (Pittenger also won in Mecklenburg with 58 percent.)
U.S. House of Representatives: District 12
Democratic incumbent Alma Adams won with 67 percent of the vote, beating Republican challenger Leon Threatt.
N.C. Governor
The race to the governor’s mansion appears to be headed to a runoff, as Democratic challenger Roy Cooper led Republican incumbent Pat McCrory by fewer than 5,000 votes — less than .1 percent — in the unofficial tally.
N.C. Lieutenant Governor
Republican incumbent Dan Forest won with 51.9 percent of the vote, beating Democratic challenger Linda Coleman (45.3 percent) and Libertarian challenger Jacki Cole (2.2 percent). (Coleman won Mecklenburg County with 58 percent of the vote.)
N.C. Attorney General
Democrat Josh Stein had a slim margin of victory (20,232 votes — less than half a percent) over Republican Buck Newton.
N.C. Auditor
Democratic incumbent Beth Wood had an even more slim margin of victory (fewer than 3,000 votes) over Republican Challenger Chuck Stuber.
N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture
Republican incumbent Steve Troxler won with 55.6 percent of the vote, beating Democratic challenger Walter Smith.
N.C. Commissioner of Insurance
Republican challenger Mike Causey held a less than 1 percent margin over Democratic incumbent Wayne Goodwin.
N.C. Commissioner of Labor
Republican incumbent Cherie Berry won a fifth term with 55 percent of the vote, beating Democratic challenger Charles Meeker.
N.C. Secretary of State
Democratic incumbent Elaine Marshall won with 52 percent of the vote, beating Republican challenger Michael LaPaglia.
N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction
Republican challenger Mark Johnson won with 51 percent of the vote, defeating Democratic incumbent June Atkinson.
N.C. Treasurer
Republican Dale Folwell won with 53 percent of the vote, defeating Democrat Dan Blue III.
N.C. Senate
Democrats Jeff Jackson, Joel Ford and Joyce Waddell, and Republicans Dan Bishop and Jeff Tarte prevailed in state senate races.
N.C. House
Democrat Mary Belk beat Republican Rob Bryan by 1.2 percent in the closest Mecklenburg race for the state house.
Democrats Chaz Beasley and Beverly Miller Earle, and Republicans John R. Bradford III, Bill Brawley, Andy Dulin and Scott Stone also won N.C. House races.
And Democrats Rodney W. Moore, John Autry, Becky Carney, Carla Cunningham and Kelly Alexander ran unopposed.
Mecklenburg County Commissioner (At-Large)
Democratic incumbents Pat Cotham, Trevor Fuller and Ella Scarborough took the top three spots, each earning more than 25 percent of the vote. Cotham led the way with 29 percent.
Mecklenburg County Commissioner: District 5
In the only contested Mecklenburg County Commissioner district, Republican incumbent Matthew Ridenhour won with 58 percent of the vote over Democrat Marc Friedland.
Judges
N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice
The balance of the state Supreme Court shifted to the Democratic majority Tuesday as Mike Morgan defeated incumbent Robert “Bob” Edmunds with 54 percent of the vote.
N.C. Court of Appeals Judges
Republicans swept the five contested seats on the court, with Phil Berger Jr., Hunter Murphy, Bob Hunter, Richard Dietz and Valerie Zachary winning.
Mecklenburg District Court
Incumbents Christy Mann and David Strickland won, each with more than 62 percent of the vote. Aretha Blake edged Tracy Hewett by about 1.5 percent of the vote.
The following judges ran unopposed for N.C. District Court Judge in District 26:
– Kimberly Best-Staton
– Ron Chapman
– Jena Culler
– Karen Eady-Williams
– Ty Hands
– Gary L. Henderson
– Donnie Hoover
– Elizabeth Thornton Trosch
– Louis A. Trosh
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
Brad Johnson won with 25 percent of the vote.
Bonds
All three bonds passed, each with more than 69 percent of the vote.
Photo: AP Photo
This story was originally published November 8, 2016 at 10:38 PM with the headline "Trump wins NC and the race for governor comes down to the wire. Full results from Election 2016."