Green is a former superintendent of Guilford County Schools and served as a school board attorney and administrator at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

“Like all of you, we are reviewing all the results as they come in," Republican Laurie Buckhout said in a statement early Wednesday. "Once the votes have been counted, we will look at all options for getting this over and done with. If a recount is required, we will be ready.” A spokesperson for Congressman Don Davis said his team was waiting for more results to come in before commenting on the race.

Jackson defeated Republican Congressman Dan Bishop. Jackson led by 2 percentage points, or about 147,000 votes, according to unofficial results from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Dradura is a German-based company that began in 1941 and opened its New Bern plant in 2007; workers there make wire baskets for dishwashers.

The project will focus on reductions in toxic chemicals, hazardous air and greenhouse gas emissions, and water usage.

It will automatically apply to cabinet agencies, but Governor Roy Cooper said all other state agencies and state universities are encouraged to adopt the policy.

Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Katey Zimmerman provided materials and processing for water samples from wells potentially impacted by the storm’s historic flooding.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging a restoration of full funding for crime victim services.

The world is reacting to former President Trump’s election victory. In Russia, analysts are thinking about how it might affect U.S. military aid to Ukraine.

The NFL season has reached its midpoint. Defending champion Kansas City Chiefs continue to roll through the competition and several teams have had surprising starts including Detroit and Minnesota.

The bottom of the ocean looks like its snowing. It's the leftover waste from marine life above and scientists are finding it helps prevent the Earth from getting even hotter with climate change.

For the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in a few states rejected abortion protections.

The special counsel is taking steps to end the two federal criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump.

Trump spoke Tuesday night in front of a crowd of supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. He struck a hopeful tone as he thanked Americans.

=Republican strategist Sarah Longwell and Democratic strategist and pollster Anna Greenberg talk about what drove Trump's victory and what it tells us about the future of U.S. politics.

Young voters were part of President Biden’s winning coalition four years ago. But early exit polling this year seems to paint a different picture, with Harris receiving comparatively less support.

Details are coming in about how voting demographics broke down in the election. So far, it seems Republicans made gains with Latino voters, a demographic that has reliably favored Democrats.

The GOP has won back control of the White House and the Senate, and they’re within striking distance of taking the House. It will all make for a dramatic shakeup in Congress for the next two years.