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.

North Carolina shattered its early voting record, with more than half the state’s registered voters casting their ballots before Election Day. By Sunday, 4,465,548 voters had cast their ballots, according to the State Election Board,

In a furious final push before Election Day, Donald Trump kicked off four rallies in three states Monday, starting in the battleground of North Carolina.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voters choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper were deciding Tuesday between an attorney general who would carry on Cooper’s policies and a lieutenant governor whose blunt speaking style and working-class history favored him among hardline conservatives.

Two outgoing members of Congress who also served in the state legislature were vying Tuesday for the post of North Carolina attorney general, a closely watched race for a job that has gained increasing prominence in states across the country.

Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump's Democratic rival, also was in North Carolina on Saturday for a concert and rally in Charlotte. Her campaign has not announced any other travel to the state before Election Day, though she's sending her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, to Greenville on Monday.

North Carolina, New Mexico, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia all conclude their early in-person voting periods on Saturday.

Voters in North Carolina are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a critical presidential swing state.

Voters in North Carolina have set a new record for early voting ahead of Tuesday's presidential election and the last chance for would-be voters "to make their voice heard," the state reported Monday.

A billboard for presidential candidate Kamala Harris was the target of vandalism in North Carolina, a photo shows. The pro-Harris sign appears to have been hit with multiple paintball pellets and red paint balloons, according to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.

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