Democrat Wiley Nickel won a closely watched race for the U.S. House of Representatives seat representing a swing district in North Carolina.
Nickel had 51.3 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, according to unofficial results from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Republican Bo Hines, 25, had 48.6 percent.
The Associated Press called the race at 12:17 a.m. on Nov. 9.
Hines, who was backed by former President Donald Trump, has not yet conceded, and Nickel has not declared victory.
Various analysts thought this was perhaps the single most crucial Congressional race to watch. FiveThirtyEight analysts noted that if the Congressional districts were ranked from most Republican to most Democratic, North Carolina’s 13th District fell exactly in the middle. It combines the blue-leaning and tech-heavy suburbs of Raleigh with firmly red rural counties where Republicans are advised to have Trump’s imprimatur….