Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won North Carolina’s Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, Tuesday evening.
The Connect NC bond, which will allow the state to borrow $2 billion for education-related construction, passed easily with 70 percent in favor. The bond will bring $980,000,000 to the UNC System, with $160 million going to NC State. That money will go toward constructing the Engineering Oval and the Plant Sciences Initiative buildings on Centennial Campus. The bond will not require a tax increase.
As of press time, with 91 percent of precincts reporting, Clinton received 562,612 votes in North Carolina, taking 55 percent of the vote. Bernie Sanders fell behind and received 41 percent of the Democratic vote.
Trump received 423,351 votes and took 41 percent of the vote in North Carolina. Ted Cruz received 37 percent and John Kasich took 12 percent of the vote.
Kasich won his home state of Ohio with 46 percent of the vote — the first victory of his campaign. Trump took 36 percent of the vote in Ohio and won Florida with 46 percent of the vote. Marco Rubio came in second in his home state, receiving 27 percent of the vote in Florida. Following the loss, Rubio announced that he was suspending his campaign.
Cruz won Wake County with 40 percent of the vote, with Donald Trump at second with 29 percent of the vote and John Kasich with 18 percent of the vote.
Clinton took first in Wake County with 54 percent of the vote. Sanders received 45 percent of the vote.
Gov. Pat McCrory won the Republican gubernatorial nomination with an overwhelming 86 percent of the vote. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper also won handily, with 76 percent of the vote.
Deborah K. Ross, running for U.S. Senate, was the clear winner of the Democratic primary, with 74 percent of the vote. In the Republican race, Richard Burr won with 57 percent, beating runner up Greg Brannon by more than 20 points.
In Wake County, 656,989 people voted. In the state of North Carolina, 6,511,143 people voted.