By — Associated Press Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/north-carolina-governor-concedes-lost-re-election Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter North Carolina governor concedes he lost re-election Politics Dec 5, 2016 12:28 PM EDT In a concession message posted Monday, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said his team will do everything it can to help with the transition to a new administration. RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has conceded the governor’s race, clearing the way for Democrat Roy Cooper to be declared the winner. The concession nearly four weeks after Election Day comes after appeals dried up and postelection counts saw Cooper’s narrow lead increasing. McCrory announced Monday in a video posted on YouTube that he is giving up four years after he won the office by a comfortable margin. This time around McCrory was weighed down by a law he signed limiting LGBT rights and was unable to generate the same voter support that lifted Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr to victory in the state. Cooper’s win marks an important consolation prize for national Democrats after a disappointing election. Cooper is the outgoing attorney general. McCrory’s defeat marks the first time a sitting North Carolina governor has lost a re-election bid. By — Associated Press Associated Press
In a concession message posted Monday, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said his team will do everything it can to help with the transition to a new administration. RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has conceded the governor’s race, clearing the way for Democrat Roy Cooper to be declared the winner. The concession nearly four weeks after Election Day comes after appeals dried up and postelection counts saw Cooper’s narrow lead increasing. McCrory announced Monday in a video posted on YouTube that he is giving up four years after he won the office by a comfortable margin. This time around McCrory was weighed down by a law he signed limiting LGBT rights and was unable to generate the same voter support that lifted Republicans Donald Trump and Richard Burr to victory in the state. Cooper’s win marks an important consolation prize for national Democrats after a disappointing election. Cooper is the outgoing attorney general. McCrory’s defeat marks the first time a sitting North Carolina governor has lost a re-election bid.