North Carolina Democrats appear to have narrowly broken the GOP's fragile supermajority Tuesday night by flipping seats in closely contested races across the state. Why it matters: Republicans will likely be just one seat shy of a supermajority in the state House in January,

North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein's veto could become more effective than outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper's stamp has been recently, should the margin in a legislative district election hold.

Republican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states are still being counted. Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate,

The GOP's lackluster showing was blamed by some on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's gubernatorial campaign which was embroiled in controversy throughout the cycle.

Thousands of voters split their tickets in North Carolina, as Democrats won the major statewide races despite Republican Donald Trump winning the state.

North Carolina’s only toss-up congressional district could help Republicans keep the U.S. House or Democrats take control of it. First-term Democratic U.S. Rep.