Three close legislative races in North Carolina have been finalized, resulting in Democrats gaining control of the state legislature. Republicans will retain a majority in the House, but lose their veto-proof control.
North Carolina election officials issued certificates Monday to the winners of three close legislative races from November that later became subject to recounts and formal protests. This ministerial action by election administrators also confirms that Republicans have lost their veto-proof control of the legislature — the result of outgoing state Rep. Frank Sossamon losing to Democrat Bryan Cohn by 228 votes.
The certificates issued for Cohn and other Democrats — Terence Everitt and Woodson Bradley for contests for the Senate — mean they shouldn’t have trouble getting seated with others elected to the 2025-26 General Assembly session on Wednesday’s opening day and whose certificates were issued weeks ago. With Sossamon’s defeat, Republicans will retain 71 of the 120 House seats
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