I left North Carolina after Election Day upset about Donald Trump's win but knowing my home state still has some blue left.

Welcome to the governor’s race edition of our Under the Dome politics newsletter. I’m Dawn Vaughan, The News & Observer’s Capitol bureau chief. With Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein’s decisive ...

Ticket-splitting used to be common and the swing-state down-ballot results show split tickets still can determine the outcome ...

Several Republican members of Congress have called for an immediate investigation into a recently fired Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffer who advised relief team members to bypass ...

With 33 seats up for grabs in the 2026 Senate elections, it may be challenging for Democrats to flip the Senate back.

Susie Wiles' reward for steering Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign will be the toughest job in Washington ...

The GOP's lackluster showing was blamed by some on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's gubernatorial campaign which was ...

Partial returns as of 5 p.m. Wednesday showed Wilson leading Portland Commissioner Carmen Rubio 62% to 38% — a margin of more ...

Trump's majority coalition is yeastier and more demotic than the last Republican presidential majority in 2004.

Here are some observations on what you didn't hear on election night. Most networks' focus was, quite properly, on whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris would carry ...

U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson, a Charlotte Democrat who is currently serving his first term in Congress, will be sworn in as the ...

President Biden made a series of mistakes and surprising comments while Vice President Kamala Harris worked to win the general election but ultimately failed.