President-elect Donald J. Trump and Governor-elect Josh Stein
By Becky Long
Publisher
The months of campaigning leading up to Tuesday’s general election may have felt like years to some, but despite the dead-heat predicted between Democratic Party contender VP Kalama Harris and former GOP president, Donald Trump, the answer to who would occupy the White House over the next four years came quickly.
Many news outlets called the race early Wednesday morning, but as results began to roll in around 9 p.m. Tuesday, the likelihood of a resurgence on Harris’ part began to dim.
The swing states and battleground states did play a role, but most of them went for the president-elect as Trump surpassed the 270 electoral goal line by 6. Harris ended her campaign with a respectable 222 electoral votes.
North Carolina had been considered a state in play, but overall Trump took 50.95 percent of the vote with a ballot count of 2,875,538. Harris received 47.56 percent in North Carolina with 2,683,911 votes.
Clay County rode the red wave by casting 74.55 percent of the vote for Trump, compared to Harris’ 24.58 percent
North Carolina Democrats still have cause for celebration with the election of state Attorney General Josh Stein as governor.
Stein took a decisive win over former Lt. Gov. Republican Mark Robinson with 54.82 percent over Robinson’s 40.18 percent.
If many Clay County voters had their way, the opposite would be true. Robinson received 69.55 percent of the vote here compared to governor-elect Stein’s 28.27 percent. (See local results A5)
(See all local election results A5).