Republican nominee Donald Trump has won the state of North Carolina, a battleground devastated by Hurricane Helene just months before Election Day. Trump is awarded 16 electoral votes from the state. He won North Carolina over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

Republican Donald Trump won North Carolina, capturing one of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in six other swing states are still being counted.

Trump took an early polling lead over Biden in North Carolina, despite making few appearances of his own. But after a disastrous debate performance in June, Biden ended his campaign in July and immediately endorsed Harris, his then-running mate, to take over his campaign — and things changed dramatically.