North Carolina voters gave Republicans all but a stranglehold over state government as the GOP's Pat McCrory was elected governor, gained veto-proof majorities in the General Assembly, and kept a majority on the state Supreme Court.
Republican Mitt Romney beat President Barack Obama in North Carolina yesterday to take the state's 15 electoral votes. But Obama secured the win by capturing key states like Iowa, Virginia and Ohio.
Chairman of the Forsyth County Republican Party, Scott Cumbie, says Obama’s victory means more states are likely to stand up to the policies they don’t agree on.
“I think you will see a lot bigger efforts to push back some of the mandates that have come like Obamacare, the Department of Education and the EPA. I think you will see a pushback and the states trying to take back the power that the Constitution has given to the states. I think in 2014, you will see a lot more Republicans in office too,” says Cumbie.
In Guilford County, Republicans say they are thrilled that NC has turned red. But many are still dismayed over the final results for president.
Election officials say Obama won Forsyth County in 2008 by about 10 percentage points, but his leading margin last night was 7 percentage points, according to complete but unofficial results.
