NORTH CAROLINA: Gubernatorial Race May Not Be Called For Ten Days Despite Cooper’s Victory Claim

ABC News reports:

The race for North Carolina Governor still remains too close to call after Election Day, as Democratic challenger Roy Cooper’s campaign claims victory. The battle between incumbent Pat McCrory, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Attorney General Roy Cooper remains as close as ever, with over 99-percent of precincts reporting their ballots. Cooper led the incumbent McCrory by 3,728 with 99.93-percent of precincts reporting.

McCrory spoke to supporters early Wednesday, saying “the election is not over in North Carolina.” Lon Cecil, a Libertarian, had 2-percent of the vote. “The earliest date that we’ll most likely find out about this election is November 18,” said Gov. Pat McCrory.

The North Carolina Democratic Party claimed victory for Cooper early Wednesday in a statement: “Tonight Attorney General Roy Cooper emerged as the winner of North Carolina’s gubernatorial election,” said North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Patsy Keever. “The results won’t be finalized tonight, but Cooper enters North Carolina’s canvass process with a strong lead. With provisional ballots, Attorney General Cooper stands poised to grow his lead in a recount and become North Carolina’s next governor.”

In question are about 10,000 provisional ballots.