(The Center Square) – Democrats unofficially flipped six seats from North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives on Election Day, sending a resounding message statewide to second-term Republican President Donald Trump and his allies.
Previously 32-10 against Democrats in statewide races at all levels this decade, Republicans went 0-for-5 with a U.S. Senate headliner, one seat on the state Supreme Court and all three seats up for grabs on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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