After weeks of battling over votes, North Carolina Governor concedes defeat
Posted: 12:20 pm Monday, December 5th, 2016
By Jamie Dupree
After weeks of legal drama involving vote recounts and charges of possibly illegal voting, Gov. Pat McCrory announced on Monday that he was giving up his bid to win re-election, paving the way for Democrat Roy Cooper to be the next Governor of North Carolina.
“I personally believe that the majority of our citizens have spoken,” McCroy said.
.@PatMcCroryNC becomes the first incumbent governor to lose reelection in North Carolina history. #ncpol@myfox8
“Thank you for the honor to serve the great state of North Carolina,” the Governor said in a surprise video release.
Cooper’s lead had stabilized – even increased a little – after some contentious recount efforts, settling around a 10,000 vote advantage over the incumbent Governor.
Their recount fight had spawned increasingly partisan battling between the two parties, as Democrats charged the GOP was trying to overturn the verdict of the voters – but little had changed in terms of the numbers.
Durham County BOE release: "After recounting 52,833 ballots [of ~94,000], Roy Cooper picked up 3 votes, Pat McCrory lost 1 vote." #ncpol
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