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As of 5 a.m., Republican Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, capturing three of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds and coming within a few electoral votes of winning the presidency.

Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate, picking up seats in West Virginia and Ohio.  

Top House races are focused in New York and California, where Democrats are trying to claw back some of the 10 or so seats where Republicans have made surprising gains in recent years.

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Election Day 2024 arrived Tuesday — with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner.

As of Monday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed roughly 82 million ballots already cast — slightly more than half the total number of votes in the presidential election four years earlier. That's driven partly by Republican voters, who were casting early ballots at a higher rate than in recent previous elections after a campaign by former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee to counter the Democrats' longstanding advantage in the early vote.

Despite long lines in some places and a few hiccups that are common to all elections, early in-person and mail voting proceeded without any major problems. That included in the parts of western North Carolina hammered last month by Hurricane Helene. State and local election officials, benefiting from changes made by the Republican-controlled legislature, pulled off a herculean effort to ensure residents could cast their ballots as they dealt with power outages, lack of water and washed out roads.

By the time early voting in North Carolina had ended on Saturday, over 4.4 million voters — or nearly 57% of all registered voters in the state — had cast their ballots. As of Monday, turnout in the 25 western counties affected by the hurricane was even stronger at 59% of registered voters, state election board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell said.

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Election Day is one day away, and the race for the White House remains in dead heat.

Not only is North Carolina a pivotal swing state, but Mecklenburg County in particular will play an important role on Tuesday. 

We're breaking down why the county and voter turnout matter so much to the presidential race.

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This weekend, it's an all-out blitz from the presidential candidates as they fight for the pivotal swing state of North Carolina. 

Both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in the Charlotte area on Saturday. 

Trump will hold a rally in Gastonia at noon, and Harris will be in Charlotte later that day with special guests including Jon Bon Jovi and Khalid. 

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More books could be on the chopping block in South Carolina schools. Thursday night, an advisory committee to the Board of Education is expected to review 11 books currently in school libraries. 

Some of the books on this list include those typically taught in the curriculum, like "To Kill a Mockingbird."

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