and Republicans came together to break the supermajority and hand the veto pen to Governor-elect Stein," the North Carolina Democratic Party said in a post on X. In one of the key districts for control of the federal House, North Carolina's 1st ...

It was a fittingly weird start to a weird night in North Carolina politics. The Old North State delivered a series of results that show why national Democrats have been so hopeful about flipping it, while likely discouraging them from trying again for some time.

North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein's veto could become more effective than outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper's stamp has been recently, should the margin in a legislative district election hold.