GOP Sen. Thom Tillis Wins Reelection In North Carolina After Democrat Concedes
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Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., celebrates at a election night rally in Mooresville, N.C., but it took several days in the tight race before Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded. The Associated Press has not yet called the race.
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Money flowed into more than a dozen competitive 2020 Senate contests, but North Carolina was among the top-tier races, as the parties broke records spending more than $250 million on this one seat.
Democrats have long hoped to make headway in the state’s large and growing suburban areas near Charlotte and around the research triangle near Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. President Trump’s approval ratings in those areas have fallen in recent years, giving Democrats hope of eventually turning the once reliably Republican state in their favor.
The presidential race in the state has still not been called by The Associated Press, either, but the president is ahead in the vote count and it appears unlikely Joe Biden will be able to overtake him.
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The race between Tillis and Cunningham, a retired military officer, was tight for months, but the Democrat lost ground when reports surfaced about his marital infidelity involving the wife of a veteran. He admitted and apologized for his actions, but then limited campaign appearances.
Tillis, who contracted the coronavirus after attending a White House event for Amy Coney Barrett, the president’s nominee for the Supreme Court, was briefly sidelined from the trail. But he returned for Barrett’s confirmation and campaigned as a strong supporter of President Trump’s.
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