On a sticky evening just after Memorial Day, Darnell Ivory paid a visit to her childhood friend Audwin Ross on his front porch in McCrorey Heights, a historic Black neighborhood in Charlotte. Ross ...

Thom Tillis, then a Mecklenburg County lawmaker who in two terms had never moved off the back row. Tillis would serve two ...

Surprised Democrats took a dominant majority in the North Carolina state House? They seem to be, too. Here are 10 bills they ...

The Democratic rout went beyond a blue fever dream. It seemed inexplicable. So we got some experts to explain it.

Voters in the state's biggest city cited a mix of organizing, frustration with the powers that be, and family values as ...

It's Election Day, and voters across North Carolina are preparing to cast their ballots. We have reporters live on the ground across the state.

Roy Cooper has defeated Michael Whatley to become the first Democrat North Carolina has sent to the U.S. Senate since 2008. The Associated Press and NBC News called the race shortly after polls closed ...

Democrat Anita Earls, left, defended her seat on the state Supreme Court, defeating Republican Sarah Stevens (Earls: AP Photo/Matt Ramey, Stevens: Bryan Anderson/The Assembly) Voters have re-elected ...

A majority of voters agreed to allow lawmakers to limit income and property taxes and to lock in voter ID requirements.

Democrats Chuck Hubbard, Cyril Jefferson, Richard Ojeda, Paul Barringer, and Lakesha Womack were not expected to pull off wins on Tuesday. Tim Moore is a household name in North Carolina, owing more ...

North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, which covers the state’s 16 westernmost counties, has been a reliable Republican stronghold since 2010. But tonight, the district flipped blue with the ...

Democrats in North Carolina reclaimed the state House on Tuesday, signaling a sea change in Raleigh’s balance of power and an end to the GOP’s 16-year grip over the General Assembly. Democrats also ...