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It’s Election Day for the 2026 midterms, and WFAE reporters are talking to voters outside polling stations throughout the region.A record 2.8 million North Carolinians cast their ballots early this year, with long lines reported at the end of the early voting period on Saturday. Turnout appeared steady on Tuesday, with streams of voters filing through voting booths. The state’s open U.S. Senate seat is the highest-profile contest this year, but the ballot also includes a state Supreme Court seat, constitutional amendments limiting income tax rates and property taxes, as well as a host of local races and county bond questions.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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WFAEVoting is complete and the results are in, so what do we know about the midterm elections locally and beyond? From consequential and competitive congressional and state office races to down ballot issues on constitutional amendments and city bond proposals, how did it all pan out? -
A city of newcomers, but one with a history. The Queen City dates back to the mid-1700s. Named after the wife of King George III of England, Charlotte was just that — a small town, but over the years it has grown even as its principal industries have changed. Ashley Mahoney has traced those changes in her book, "Historic Maps of Charlotte: A History of the Queen City in Rare Maps", and we'll plot the course with her.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Gateway Station has been delayed for more than a decade.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools lottery opens today as the district prepares significant changes to its magnet system. -
Charlotte’s Three Bone Theatre opens its 15th season Friday with “Liberation,” a Tony Award-winning play that examines women’s fight for equality from the 1970s to the present day. -
The N.C. Democratic and Republican parties are reporting similar overall fundraising totals for state-level races this year, but there are big differences in how the money is being allocated for individual races. -
Libertarian Tom Bailey is running in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District for the second consecutive election. -
More than 16,000 Hispanic voters cast ballots in Mecklenburg County during the early voting period, surpassing the total number of Hispanic voters who participated in the 2022 midterm elections. -
The college basketball season is underway, and some teams wasted no time getting started.High Point opened its season with a 72-57 win over Liberty in a men's game early Monday morning at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center.Appalachian State followed with a 63-49 victory over Merrimack at the same venue.The games are part of the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon, an event featuring college basketball matchups beginning as soon as the new season officially opened.
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Charlotte’s new youth curfew takes effect Sunday as part of a 10-month pilot program.
NATION & WORLD
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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