Roy Cooper declares victory in NC governor’s race

However, his re-election bid appears to have benefited from his administration’s response to record flooding in North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew last month.

North Carolina’s Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper claimed victory over incumbent Republican Gov.

But McCrory told supporters early on Wednesday that votes were still being counted, and the process of tallying provisional ballots could take until November 18. Pat McCrory, who couldn’t shake criticism of the state law limiting protections for gay people. For one, News & Observer’s Virginia Bridges reported that election officials there said there was nothing to worry about.

“We need a new, fresh body in there to kind of clean what’s been kind of messed up, so I think Roy Cooper on a state level, would be a better pick”, she said.

Construction is underway to add toll lanes on 26 miles of I-77 from Charlotte to Mooresville.

Meanwhile, District 1 County Commissioner Jim Puckett, a Republican who represents north Mecklenburg and opposes the toll lanes, says McCrory could have helped himself by canceling the project.

In 2012, McCrory won his home county, albeit closely.

Dogged by the continuing economic harm to North Carolina as a result of an anti-LGBT measure he signed into law, Gov.

Should Cooper be the ultimate victor, McCrory’s doubling down on the legislation – and the cost to the state in terms of businesses boycotting and negative publicity-will no doubt be considered a factor. “You don’t know what you’re getting into”.

Cooper’s campaign is forging ahead. Cooper thanked his supporters for their hard work and said he had won the governor’s race. Republican Buck Newton is also a House Bill 2 supporter.

McCrory had become the public face of HB2, which according to exit polls was opposed by at least two-thirds of voters. He also unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2014.

“The whole HB2 thing has gotten people pretty riled up”, he said.

Democratic incumbent Beth A. Wood received 3,087 more votes than her Republican challenger Chuck Stuber. No Republican federal or Council of State candidate received more than 26.2 percent of the vote.

The rest were essentially divided by Republicans and unaffiliated voters. Republicans controlled 75 seats before Tuesday.

McCrory plans to fight for his job. He cited “tens of thousands” of absentee and military votes that have yet to be counted.

Republicans maintained their super majority in the General Assembly.

McCrory said the final result will depend on the county canvasses scheduled for November 18. Counties must conduct their hand-to-eye counts in public. Gary Pendleton and Rob Bryan and Democratic Reps. “To ensure that every vote counts, there is a process”.

Cooper has already declared himself the victor, while McCrory is stating “every vote must be counted”. “I am hoping for an early Christmas miracle”, he said.

“A difference of 4,900 votes does not sound like a lot, but it is usually enough to hold up”.

“It’s just clear that it was a big mistake, and it’s not the bill itself so much as the inability to admit maybe this was a mistake and let’s step back before the damage gets any worse”, said Estes, 64, a registered Democrat.