Their path to the majority now hinges on winning two runoff ⦠Currently, North Carolina sits at 98 percent of the votes having been counted. Provisional ballots are also at polls whose hours are extended past the normal 7:30 p.m. closing of the polls, as happened at 10 precincts on Tuesday. Eva Lee 3. The other Georgia Senate seat contested between GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, already appears headed to a runoff next year. He thanked supporters in an Election Night speech for a "stunning victory." It was upended in its final ⦠One Senate contest in Alaska has yet to be called, and the final composition of the Senate will be determined by a pair of runoff elections in Georgia Jan. 5. ⦠State workers would probably finish counting the remaining ballots by the end of the day, he said. GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler will face Democrat Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor at ⦠These precincts had been temporarily shut down earlier in the day due to operational problems. “Tillis’ victory proved pollsters, pundits and the media wrong, as North Carolinians once again chose a problem solver who keeps his promises and delivers results,” the statement says. Media outlets, including The Associated Press, called the Michigan Senate race, a top Republican target, for incumbent Democratic Sen. Gary Peters on Wednesday evening. 2022 elections. Steve Swenson Withdrew, disqualified, or did not make ballot 1. Tillis, for his part, has claimed victory for a second term, but his opponent, Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, hasn't conceded. Both races are headed to runoff elections in January after none of the candidates in the general election received over 50% of the vote as required by the stateâs law. In North Carolina, the AP shows Tillis is ahead by nearly 100,000 votes out of 5 million, with 93% of the results in. However, the results so far also show that people who voted by mail strongly favored Cunningham, 65% to 30%. In North Carolina, the AP shows Tillis is ahead by nearly 100,000 votes out of 5 million, with 93% of the results in. ", More: Latinos for Trump, Arizona vote for Biden shows diversity of Hispanics in US. Libertarian Shannon W. Bray, 167,968 or 3.10%. Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican Tillis ⦠More: No presidential candidate in modern history has refused to concede. North Carolina's Senate race between incumbent Republican Thom Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham was still a toss-up on Friday, but Tillis was leading by 1.8 points. In North Carolina, the AP shows Tillis is ahead by nearly 100,000 votes out of 5 million, with 93% of the results in. Perdue led Ossoff 49.9% to 47.7% as of Thursday evening.Perdue needs to secure at least 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff, and Ossoff and Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel have chipped away at Perdue's vote share over the past several days. Voters cast provisional ballots when there is a question as to their eligibility or as to whether they are voting in the correct precinct. In the 2016 election, about 61,000 ballots were cast provisionally, and of those, about 27,000 were counted, said Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell of the State Board of Elections. Jeremy Thomas(Independence Party) 5. Republican candidate John James had not conceded the race, and his campaign alleged election improprieties on Fox News. Alaska's Senate race was a long shot for Democrats, but it became a potential pickup opportunity as the campaign cycle progressed. Other Senate race calls pending. Trump won Alaska by about 15 percentage points in 2016. © 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. In addition to the absentee ballots, a not-yet-known number of ballots cast provisionally need to be counted. âWhat we accomplished tonight was a stunning victory,â Tillis said. What we know. 24-year-old Madison Cawthorn won the GOP runoff in North Carolinaâs 11th Congressional District, making him the favorite to replace former Rep. Mark Meadows (R). The filing deadline for the primaries was February 26; the primaries were held on May 4, with a Democratic primary runoff held on June 22. This Senate race has been reported to the most expensive in the nation. Thom Tillis(R) (Incumbent) 2. As of Tuesday evening, Cunningham had received 659,485 mail-in votes and Tillis received 305,128, or by nearly 66% to just over 30% of these votes among the four candidates on the ballot. Based on the schedule under which election officials review and count any outstanding ballots, the final determination in this race won’t be made until the end of next week. Senior North Carolina reporter Paul Woolverton can be reached at pwoolverton@gannett.com and 910-261-4710. Senator Richard Burr won re-election to ⦠There's no law that requires it, either. Trailing by 96,707 votes in unofficial returns out of nearly 5.42 million ballots, Democrat Cal Cunningham on Wednesday afternoon has not conceded the election for U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Local election officials will review each voter’s situation to decide whether his or her provisional ballot will be counted. No presidential candidate in modern history has refused to concede. Lara Trump considers run for Senate in North Carolina. The 2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 2, 2010. Democratic-backed independent candidate Al Gross raked in campaign donations and polled competitively with incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. The incumbent senator said he was waiting to hear from Cunningham before speaking to his supporters but decided he needed [â¦] There already is a Jan. 5 runoff in the stateâs other Senate race. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. Cal Cunningham(D) 3. Erica Smith 5. For the most part, the the 2020 election’s provisional ballots and remaining absentee ballots will not be counted until Nov 12 and 13, when county election boards have scheduled meetings for the counts, Brinson Bell said. The race in North Carolina ⦠Shannon Bray(L) Democratic primary candidates 1. Other Senate race calls pending. Georgia has found itself in the national spotlight over its U.S. Senate races. Sullivan won election to his first term in 2014 by about 2 percentage points. 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