Midterm Elections 2022 Live Updates | Voters make their voices heard across the Triangle

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Election results from the Triangle and NC

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Polls closed at 7:30 p.m., except for four precincts that will close later because of delayed starts and other issues for voters in those areas.

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All 50 states are hosting midterm elections that will determine the balance of power in Washington and state capitals across the nation.

Takeaways from Midterm Elections

These hot races in North Carolina could impact Senate and House control in Washington:

US Senate

Republican Ted Budd vs Democrat Cheri Beasley.

Follow results for Budd, Beasley race here.

Democrats haven't won a U.S Senate race since 2008. Party officials were encouraged that the streak could be broken this year when Cheri Beasley got in the race last year. Beasley got in the race after losing her reelection bid as former state Supreme Court Chief Justice. Other Democrats dropped out of the race to pave the way for Beasley, who would be North Carolina's first Black senator if elected.

All 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate are on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Ted Budd has defeated challenger Cheri Beasley for U.S. Senate.

US House NC Impact

Bo Hines vs Wiley Nickel
North Carolina's 13th District has emerged as one of the nation's battlegrounds for congressional control, where a tight race between former President Donald Trump's favored young upstart and a Democratic state senator could determine the balance of power in the narrowly split U.S. House.
UPDATE: Wiley Nickel projected winner. Bo Hines concedes, said he hopes to meet with Nickel and go over ideas to address needs of people in District 13. Republican Bo Hines and Democratic state Sen. Wiley Nickel were vying for the open seat that spawned from a tumultuous redistricting battle during which North Carolina fashioned boundaries for the new congressional district it was awarded following the 2020 census.

See Results Here