Trump wins North Carolina, narrowing Harris' path to victory

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks after voting on Election Day at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Donald Trump has won the battleground state of North Carolina. He fended off a challenge from Kamala Harris, who was looking to flip the state and expand her pathways to 270 electoral votes.

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Trump made stops in the state in each of the last three full days of the campaign.

He won North Carolina in both 2016 and 2020 by close margins. Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon told staff in a memo that the “blue wall” of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was now the Democrat’s “clearest path” to victory.