Category Archives: WPTF News
Republican Brad Knott wins election to U.S. House in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Brad Knott won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic-held seat. Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel did not run for reelecti...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Chuck Edwards wins reelection to U.S. House in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Chuck Edwards won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday. Edwards defeated Democratic state Rep. Caleb Rudow to earn a second term in Congres...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Mark Harris wins election to U.S. House in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Mark Harris won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday. The Baptist minister won six years after his similar U.S. House bid derailed during a...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Addison McDowell wins election to U.S. House in North Carolina's 6th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Addison McDowell won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic-held district. McDowell will replace Democratic Rep. Kathy...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Pat Harrigan wins election to U.S. House in North Carolina's 10th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Pat Harrigan won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday. Harrigan is a West Point graduate and former Green Beret who served in Afghanistan a...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Virginia Foxx wins reelection to U.S. House in North Carolina's 5th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday. Foxx defeated Democrat Chuck Hubbard in the GOP-leaning 5th Congressional District in the stat...
Nov 05, 2024
Democrat Deborah Ross wins reelection to U.S. House in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Deborah Ross won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday. Ross is currently in her second term in Congress. She defeated Republican cha...
Nov 05, 2024
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day
By BILL BARROW and JILL COLVIN Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple a...
Nov 04, 2024
North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina had already surpassed its early-voting record set in 2020, but the State Board of Elections announced Sunday that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early...
Nov 04, 2024
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" album to writing prize-winning film and t...
Nov 04, 2024