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Despite polls, Thom Tillis liked his chances

By Sarah Brown | November 6

Thom Tillis assured North Carolina voters on Wednesday that he’s just as tired of the constant bombardment of political ads — more than $100 million ...

Few surprises in North Carolina's US House contests

By Mary Tyler March | November 5

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Supporters of Thom Tillis celebrate his victory for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat at his election party in the Omni Hotel in Charlotte Tuesday.

Thom Tillis defeats Kay Hagan in Senate race

By Benji Schwartz and Kate Grise | November 5

CHARLOTTE — North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis became one of several GOP success stories Tuesday night as he won the nation’s most expensive U.S. ...

GOP to gain majority in Senate

By Paul Kushner | November 5

On an action-packed Election Day, Republicans rode a national wave of discontent with President Barack Obama to gain a majority in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) embraces her daughter, Carrie Hagan Stewart, as she thanks her supporters at the Greensboro Coliseum late Tuesday evening.

Sen. Kay Hagan tells supporters she's "grateful" in concession speech

By Nick Niedzwiadek and Lindsey Brunson | November 5

GREENSBORO — The long, dogged 2014 midterm election campaign had a bitter end for incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.

Chapel Hill incumbents take election

By Tat'yana Berdan | November 5

A trio of Chapel Hill-area Democratic incumbents — Graig Meyer, Verla Insko and Valerie Foushee — were all re-elected Tuesday night for their respective ...

With five possible locations, some still don’t know where to vote

By Wei Zhou | November 4

Today, students will vote in the midterm election, but where they should go to cast their ballots is a mystery to many.

Early voting in NC midterm election tops 1.1 million

By Benji Schwartz and Hannah Webster | November 4

Early voting turnout in North Carolina in 2014 increased substantially from the last midterm election — despite a shorter number of early voting days. ...

Former President Bill Clinton offered support to Sen. Kay Hagan at an early voting event held at Broughton High School on Friday, October 31.

Bill Clinton joins Hagan to rally NC voters

By Corey Risinger , Elizabeth Matulis and Sara Svehla | November 3

Sen. Kay Hagan’s campaign again brought big-name politicians, including former president Bill Clinton, to energize the Democratic cause in a rally on ...

Sean Haugh, North Carolina Libertarian Senate candidate, has the power to swing the vote in this year's election between Republican candidate Thom Tillis and Democrat candidate Kay Hagan who are currently in a statistical dead heat.

US Senate candidate and pizza delivery man reflects on campaign

By Sharon Nunn | November 3

The 53-year-old pizza-delivering Libertarian candidate running for U.S. Senate against Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan doesn't want any part of the negativity ...

Bill Clinton returns to NC in final campaign push for Hagan

By Michael Liguori | October 31

Former President Bill Clinton will be back in North Carolina today for the second time in a month to drum up the Democratic base in the election’s home ...

Planning begins for natural gas pipeline

By Caroline Lamb | October 31

A project to construct a major natural gas pipeline running into North Carolina is entering its planning stages, but environmental advocates say it will ...

Experts talk about proposed NC constitutional amendment

By Derrick Bills | October 31

I’m actually going to vote for it, but not many people know about it.

State cuts hurting low-income students

By Sara Svehla | October 30

A new study found state budget cuts to public universities nationwide have deterred many low- and middle-income students from attending college.

NC abortion law returns to federal court

By Elizabeth Matulis | October 30

A provision of a 2011 state law requiring doctors to display and explain ultrasounds to women prior to performing an abortion has returned to court.

NC's Senate battle has most negative ads in nation

By Jungsu Hong | October 29

North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race has the most negative political advertisements of any race in the nation — in one recent week, more than one ...

A shocking shooting: Q&A with UNC professor Klaus Larres on gunman in Canada's Parliament

By Anica Midthun | October 28

A gunman who opened fire in Canada’s Parliament on Wednesday

Junior psychology and political science major Caitlin Fischer, from Greensboro, NC., voted early at the NC Hillel on Monday afternoon. "Everyone needs to go out and vote, so I've been trying to tell people about it," says Fischer. Early voting began on Friday.

A shortened early voting period hasn’t slowed voters

By Erin Kolstad | October 28

The early voting period for Orange County began Thursday — and so far, recent changes to North Carolina voting laws and a change in the polling ...

Traditional MBA program no longer offered at Wake Forest

By Hannah Webster | October 27

The Wake Forest University School of Business is no longer offering the traditional daytime master's of business administration program to incoming students. ...

Phil Berger's bill could affect gay marriage

By Paul Kushner | October 27

A top North Carolina lawmaker says he wants to protect the religious freedom of state officials to refuse issuing same-sex marriage licenses.