North Carolina
Trump supported some candidates in the N.C. primaries. Here’s how they did
About three hours after the polls closed Tuesday evening, Rep. Madison Cawthorn conceded to Chuck Edwards.
Cawthorn didn’t make a speech. He left his watch social gathering in his hometown of Hendersonville earlier than the total outcomes have been in. After he left, the marketing campaign advised a Spectrum Information 1 reporter Cawthorn would concede.
North Carolina’s Republican Social gathering institution lined as much as oppose Cawthorn within the major, as a substitute endorsing Edwards, a longtime member of the state Senate. Sen. Thom Tillis, state Home Speaker Tim Moore and state Senate President Professional Tem Phil Berger all backed Edwards to knock out Cawthorn within the major.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks to supporters and the media at his major election evening watch social gathering in Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, Might 17, 2022. (AP Photograph: Nell Redmond)
Regardless of Cawthorn’s string of well-publicized controversies over the previous couple of months and the sturdy help for his opponent, Edwards solely received by 1,319 votes, about 1.5%, in response to unofficial outcomes from the State Board of Elections.
Edwards will face Jasmine Seaside-Ferrara within the Nov. 8 Normal Election.
Cawthorn misplaced, but it surely was nonetheless an excellent evening in North Carolina for the “America First” candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Within the crowded GOP Senate major, Ted Budd received the Republican nomination with nearly 60% of the vote. His prime competitors within the major, former Gov. Pat McCrory, took lower than 25% of the vote.
North Carolina has an open race for Senate this 12 months, with Republican Sen. Richard Burr retiring on the finish of this time period. Former state Supreme Courtroom Justice Cheri Beasley had large help from Democrats going into the election and received the nomination with a large margin.
The previous president endorsed Budd early within the race and hosted a rally with Budd, Cawthorn and Bo Hines within the lead-up to the first. That rally was in Selma, in Johnston County, the center of the newly redistricted thirteenth Congressional District.
Hines, 26, confronted stiff competitors in his major bid. When he filed for the district, which incorporates Johnston County and components of Wake, Wayne and Harnett counties, Hines was nonetheless residing greater than 100 miles away in Winston-Salem, voter information present.
He beat seven different Republicans within the major, profitable 32% of the vote and avoiding a runoff. The opposite candidates included former Congresswoman Renee Ellmers, DeVan Barbour and Kelly Daughtry.
Republican candidate for U.S. Home of Representatives Bo Hines, of North Carolina, speaks to the group earlier than former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photograph: Chris Seward)
Hines additionally had the endorsements of Reps. Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Cawthorn.
The thirteenth District will doubtless be probably the most aggressive congressional seat in North Carolina this 12 months, primarily based on voter patterns within the newly drawn district. State Sen. Wiley Nickel received the Democratic nomination.
Budd and Hines are avowed MAGA or “America First” candidates, firmly a part of the Trump wing of the Republican Social gathering.
All of them acquired vital funding from the Membership for Development tremendous PAC. The political motion committee spent greater than $760,000 to help Hines, and one other nearly $885,000 towards Daughtry within the major race, in response to marketing campaign finance information from Open Secrets and techniques.
Within the Senate race, the Membership for Development spent greater than $6.9 million supporting Budd and one other $3.7 million campaigning towards McCrory.
Trump endorsed one incumbent in North Carolina’s primaries, Rep. Richard Hudson, within the Republican race for the ninth Congressional District. Hudson received the GOP nomination with nearly 80% of the vote.
One other self-described MAGA candidate, Sandy Smith, received the Republican major for the first Congressional District, which covers a big swath of northeast North Carolina. Smith didn’t have Trump’s endorsement however campaigned as a supporter of Trump’s “America First” agenda.
Longtime 1st District Democratic Rep. G.Okay. Butterfield is retiring on the finish of this 12 months. He endorsed Don Davis, who received the Democratic major.
With the primaries over, consideration will flip now to the election in November. The query for each Republicans and Democrats is what Trump’s endorsement will imply on this large purple state of North Carolina when it comes right down to the Normal Election.
North Carolina’s solar energy landscape is at a crossroads as the state works to meet its ambitious climate goals.
Under House Bill 951, passed in 2021, North Carolina is required to cut carbon emissions in the energy sector by 70% from 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. However, meeting these targets is proving difficult as energy demand surges.
Jeff Hughes, a commissioner with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, says that it’s challenging to maintain grid reliability while pursuing aggressive decarbonization goals.
“If we have two gigawatts of load coming in the next three or four years, it’s going to be very difficult to model our way, to solarize our way out of it,” Hughes said, pointing to the growing demand from industries like AI-driven data centers.
Duke Energy, the state’s largest utility, has said fossil fuels are essential to ensuring reliable power amid increasing demand. Critics argue that the company’s reliance on natural gas and coal could derail progress toward cutting emissions.
North Carolina has long been a leader in solar energy, initially driven by smaller, five-megawatt projects. Today, the focus has shifted to larger installations, which are more efficient but face growing local opposition.
Carson Hart, CEO of Carolina Solar Energy, said scaling up has been key to increasing clean energy capacity. “Moving to these bigger projects has been really beneficial for getting more megawatts in the ground and meeting the state’s climate goals,” Hart said. But she noted that large projects often draw pushback from residents concerned about aesthetics and land use.
Rural areas are at the heart of the state’s solar boom, hosting about 80% of large-scale projects. Reginald Bynum Jr., director of community outreach at the Center for Energy Education, said rural North Carolina plays a critical role in meeting the state’s clean energy goals.
“My job is to make sure rural communities don’t miss the movement,” Bynum said. “These projects bring jobs, economic growth, and opportunities to areas that desperately need them.”
The economic impact of solar energy is substantial. In counties with significant solar development, property tax revenues have increased by as much as 1,600%, according to the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. These funds have supported schools, infrastructure, and emergency services in areas facing population declines and economic challenges.
The state’s clean energy sector also supports more than 110,000 full-time jobs, according to a report from e2, with many more expected as solar development continues.
Hughes said the state’s carbon plan, which is updated every two years, will play a key role in charting a path forward.
“There’s a lot of check and adjust that will occur over the next few years,” he said.
As North Carolina advances its solar energy ambitions, balancing the needs of developers, communities, and environmental goals will be essential to achieving a sustainable and reliable energy future.
North Carolina
3 men charged in connection with woman’s death at Cook Out restaurant in North Carolina
Two men have been charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee at a Cook Out restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, last month. A third is facing a weapons charge.
Two men have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman at the fast-food restaurant Cook Out in North Carolina.
Twenty-three-year-old Alexander Kenyon Carlton Jr. and 19-year-old Calvin Jerade Spence Jr. have been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee late last month in Durham, the Durham County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Friday.
A third man, 18-year-old Jamari Treyvon McKnight, is charged with one count of going armed to the terror of the people, which basically means terrorizing someone with a weapon like a gun.
USA TODAY could not immediately find attorneys representing the three men.
The shooting occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Cook Out on South Miami Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Lee dead.
The sheriff’s office called the shooting “an isolated incident” that happened after shots broke out following a fight, WNCN-TV reported.
Arrests made in fatal shooting of Davicia Jean Ann Lee
Detectives arrested Spence and Carlton on Thursday and took them to the Durham County Detention Center without bond on charges of carrying a concealed gun, felony conspiracy, going armed to the terror of the people and first-degree murder, the sheriff’s office said.
McKnight was also taken into custody and arrested Thursday night on misdemeanor going armed to the terror of the people, according to the sheriff’s office. The Morrisville police arrested him and he is currently being held in the Wake County Detention Center until his first court appearance, the agency added.
The investigation into Lee’s homicide is ongoing, while all findings are now in the process of being turned over to the Durham County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, according to the sheriff’s office.
The USC Trojans are in pursuit of flipping two class of 2025 recruits, Nela Tupou and Alex Payne. Can the Trojans flip one or both of these players before national signing day?
Nela Tupou Player Profile
Nela Tupou is a 6-4, 220 pound tight end/defensive end out of Folsom, California. He is rated as a three-star recruit and ranked as the 43rd-best ATH in the class of 2025 per 247Sports.
Tupou committed to the Utah Utes in February of 2024, but he just recently visited USC last weekend for the Trojans’ 28-20 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
On3 is now predicting that Tupou will likely flip this commitment from Utah to USC.
Alex Payne Player Profile
Alex Payne is a 6-5, 265 pound offensive tackle out of Gainesville, Florida. He is rated as four-star recruit and ranked as the 16th-best offensive tackle in the class of 2025.
Payne committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels in January of 2024, but he as well as Tupou, visited USC last weekend.
In 247Sports recruiting analyst Tom Loy’s updated crystal ball prediction, he had Payne flipping his commitment from North Carolina to USC. Loy has a good track record of predicting where recruits will end up as his all-time hit rate for predicting recruits’ final destinations is 81.64 percent.
USC Bolstering Up Offensive Line to Go Along With Weapons
One of the glaring holes for the USC Trojans this season has been the offensive line. For USC to bounce back next season, they will have to get much better in the trenches. This has been exposed in their first season in the Big Ten. Landing Tupou, who can both be a factor in the run blocking scheme as a blocker, and Payne, one of the top tackle prospects in the country, would go a long way for next season and the future of the program.
Barring a flurry of transfer portal decisions, the Trojans will have an abundance of skill position talent coming back next season.
Freshman running back Quinten Joyner has been the second best back this season behind senior running back Woody marks.
Four of the Trojans five leading receivers are sophomores. Makai Lemon, Zachariah Branch, Ja’Kobi Lane, and Duce Robinson all have shown flashes of potentially being a number one wide receiver next season.
Add in the Trojans starting sophomore quarterback Jayden Maiava and they have one of the youngest teams in the Big Ten. If USC continues to address the offensive line in the last days of the 2025 recruiting cycle and in the transfer portal this offseason, the Trojans could be a dangerous team next season.
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