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  • WUNC and NPR provides special live coverage of the primary election in North Carolina and four other states beginning Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.Updated at 10:33 p.m. Republican Presidential Race:Donald Trump is the projected winner of the Republican primary.Trump leads Texas Senator Ted Cruz by four percentage points with nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting.Rubio said earlier this evening that he is suspending his campaign.Democratic Presidential Race:Hillary Clinton has been declared the winner of the Democratic presidential primary in North Carolina. Clinton has defeated Bernie Sanders in North Carolina by 14 percentage points.N.C. Gubernatorial Race:Governor Pat McCrory has won the Republican primary and will be on the ballot for re-election in November.Roy Cooper has won the Democratic primary for governor.U. S. Senate: Republican Senator Richard Burr is the winner of his party's primary, according to the Associated Press Deborah Ross is the winner of Democratic primary and will face off with Burr in November.Bond Referendum:Supporters of the North Carolina bond are claiming victory. Voters are approving the bond by a 2 to 1 margin. The $2.2B dollars will be used for building projects at universities, state park improvements, and infrastructure upgrades. In North Carolina, there are 72 Republican delegates up for grabs and 107 Democratic delegates. View more results below from the NC State Board of Elections (best displayed on mobile in landscape mode ↷):00000178-140d-ddcb-affb-d6edc76d0000Tweets by WUNC reporters covering the 2016 North Carolina primary00000178-140d-ddcb-affb-d6edc76d0003
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