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Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, according to a race call from The Associated Press. Cooper, the former governor, becomes the first Democrat elected to the Senate in North Carolina since 2008.

The Guilford County Sheriff's Office has concluded an investigation into an alleged sexual assault at Ragsdale High School in September. Detectives say they found no evidence to fully support the initial allegation and have characterized the incident as “hazing or horseplay.”

It’s Election Day for the 2026 midterms, and WFAE reporters are talking to voters outside polling stations throughout the region.A record 2.8 million North Carolinians cast their ballots early this year, with long lines reported at the end of the early voting period on Saturday. Turnout appeared steady on Tuesday, with streams of voters filing through voting booths. The state’s open U.S. Senate seat is the highest-profile contest this year, but the ballot also includes a state Supreme Court seat, constitutional amendments limiting income tax rates and property taxes, as well as a host of local races and county bond questions.

Federal election monitors are present in Alamance, Wake and Mecklenburg counties today. State election officials say their presence is routine and shouldn't alarm voters.

The sales tax is estimated to generate $19 million a year to boost teacher pay. Currently, the average teacher supplement in Guilford County Schools is thousands lower than other large districts.

The N.C. Democratic and Republican parties are reporting similar overall fundraising totals for state-level races this year, but there are big differences in how the money is being allocated for individual races.

Libertarian Tom Bailey is running in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District for the second consecutive election.

More than 16,000 Hispanic voters cast ballots in Mecklenburg County during the early voting period, surpassing the total number of Hispanic voters who participated in the 2022 midterm elections.

Turnout for early voting was up more than 30% compared to the 2022 midterms.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Climate Leaders are a volunteer group working to raise climate awareness in the city. They’re taking aim at one of environmentalists’ biggest boogeymen: data centers. They hosted a data center-themed trivia night Tuesday evening at Patagonia Charlotte in South End.