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Good morning, readers.

I spent election night in Downtown Raleigh, where local candidates and their supporters watched the results roll in at bars and restaurants up and down Fayetteville Street. (INDY’s talented photographer Angelica was with me all night, and captured some great images.)

Our first stop was Slim’s, where at-large candidate Reeves Peeler and District A council member Mary Black were hosting a watch party. Though Peeler and Black both ended up losing their races, they had a great showing at Slim’s: the dive bar was full of tired but smiling faces. 

On the back patio I met Gabriela Magallanes, a Peeler volunteer and therapist by profession. Magallanes told me she had spent the day counseling her clients on how to manage election anxiety and potential disappointment—relevant advice now that the results are in.

“A lot of what we talked about was disconnecting from technology and engaging in things that feel good,” Magallanes told me. “In the coming days, if the results are not what you want, how can you take care of yourself? We talked about good movies we can watch, people that we could spend time with, how we can get outside.”

Down the street at Birdie’s Barroom & Kitchen, the atmosphere at mayoral candidate Janet Cowell’s watch party was tense and expectant as presidential and state-level results began to trickle in. Even as Cowell declared victory in the mayor’s race, she acknowledged the worries hanging in the air. 

“Whatever happens up-ballot, I’m certainly going to be working to ensure that Raleigh is a city that works for everyone, a place of opportunity and empowerment, or safety and belonging,” Cowell told her supporters.

Read more about Cowell’s victory and the rest of the Wake County election results here, and have a good Thursday.

 —Chloe

Clarification: Cary voters rejected two bonds on their ballots this election cycle, a parks project bond worth $560 million and an affordable housing bond worth $30 million for a combined $590 million. More here. 

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Durham

Voters approved municipal bonds, county commissioners were officially elected to their seats: Election night results in Durham were unsurprising.

Wake

All incumbents on the Wake County school board held onto their seats.

With the election of two Democrats to the superior court bench and one to the county’s district court bench, Wake County’s judiciary is a little bit bluer.

Raleigh police are investigating cars being shot at along I-40.

Orange

Here are election results from Orange County

North Carolina

Across the Triangle voters approved bonds for streets and sidewalks, parks, affordable housing—except in Cary. 

Incumbent Democrats Deborah Ross and Valerie Foushee held onto their congressional seats. Republican Brad Knott was elected in the redrawn 13th congressional district.

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