Republican nominee Donald Trump has won the state of North Carolina, a battleground devastated by Hurricane Helene just months before Election Day. Trump is awarded 16 electoral votes from the state. He won North Carolina over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

Polls have officially closed in North Carolina, an important swing state where Democrats are hoping to pull off an upset after a scandal-plagued GOP gubernatorial race. The Tar Heel state has not voted for a Democratic candidate since 2008,

Former President Donald Trump captured the first swing state on election night, with The Associated Press projecting he would win North Carolina. The GOP nominee had led narrowly in the Tar Heel State most of the 2024 cycle,