Decision Desk HQ · DDHQ called winner and returns updated Nov. 4, 9:47 a.m. CST; 95% of expected votes reported. National House geographic context: verified calls Nov. 4, 10:04 a.m. CST. Census state boundaries; state bands show seat counts, not district boundaries. Blue Democratic, red Republican, gold Independents, gray uncalled; stripes mark called party flips.
Democrat Richard Ojeda defeated Republican incumbent Richard Hudson in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result flips the seat from Republican control to Democrats.
Richard Ojeda had 138,707 votes, or 51.11%, to Richard Hudson’s 132,692, or 48.89%, in DDHQ’s reported returns. The margin was 6,015 votes with 95% of the expected vote reported; the totals remain unofficial.
