Outside of the presidential race, Democrats had a good election in North Carolina
With the glaring exception of the presidential race, North Carolina Democrats had a good 2024 election.
With the glaring exception of the presidential race, North Carolina Democrats had a good 2024 election.
While Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump in the battleground state by more than 3 percentage points, Democrats won nearly every other statewide race that was on the ballot Tuesday.
Those results largely comport with decades of political trends in North Carolina. But Democrats and Republicans alike also attributed them to Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s disastrous campaign for governor, which was constantly plagued by his long history of incendiary remarks.
“We squarely blame Mark Robinson for losses in races that Republicans would and should have otherwise won,” said a North Carolina GOP operative, who requested anonymity to speak candidly.
As was expected, Democrat Josh Stein overwhelmingly defeated Robinson in the race for governor, winning by nearly 15 percentage points.
Rating: 5