While Republicans were licking their wounds across the nation after the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama Tuesday, the GOP in North Carolina were celebrating history with the election of Gov.-elect Pat McCrory. ...

The polls have not been kind to Walter Dalton, showing North Carolina’s lieutenant governor generally trailing his Republican opponent, former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, by as many as 15 points (52-37 percent) in the latest Elon University poll Monday in the race for governor. ...