Election Day Results Across the Triangle

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Good morning, readers.

It’s the day after Election Day and, while losing the presidential election to Donald Trump, North Carolina Democrats look to have won several seats in the council of state, including governor, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction. 

Other races are too close to call, but it also looks like Democrats have (barely!) broken the Republican supermajority in the state house, significantly changing the dynamic between Republicans and  governor-elect Josh Stein. 

Not too close to call? Stein’s resounding defeat of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.

In Raleigh, Janet Cowell was elected mayor with about 60 percent of the vote, while all city council incumbents held on to their seats, except in District A, where former Raleigh planning director Mitchell Silver ousted incumbent Mary Black. 

In the Wake County school board races, all incumbents look to have held onto their seats, though the race in District Three between incumbent Wing Ng and Jordyne Blaise is tight.

In the Carrboro special election, Cristobál Palmer defeated Isaac Woolsey for an open seat.

And in most counties and municipalities, voters approved bond measures, including for parks and streets and sidewalks in the City of Durham, K-12 education in Orange County, a slew of municipal bonds in Chapel Hill, and a public libraries bond in Wake County. Only in Cary did voters reject a $560 million affordable housing and parks bond. 

We’ll have more results posting to our website throughout the day. Thank you to all who joined us on our Election Day live blog. We’ll be back in your inboxes tomorrow with more results and our regular reporting. 

Take care. 

—Jane

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