LEGISLATURE:North Carolina Republicans withstood a massive effort by Democrats inside the state and nationally to retake both General Assembly chambers. Democrat Kathy Manning beat Republican Joseph Lee Haywood in the Greensboro-area 6th Congressional District, and Deborah Ross defeated Republican Alan Swain in the Raleigh-area 2nd Congressional District. Republicans maintained control of both legislative chambers. Dan Forest. North Carolina entered the 2020 election with a divided government, with Republicans in control of everything except the governors mansion.
Republicans came in third place in the luxury ballot polls.
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Republicans came in third place in the luxury ballot polls .
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