North Carolina had a weird election night.

Donald Trump took the state by almost 190,000 votes – the largest margin he’s won in North Carolina in the past three presidential elections.

Meanwhile, the state elected Democrat Josh Stein its governor with nearly 55% of the vote and beat a MAGA candidate in the process.

The state’s Supreme Court could shift further to the right, but Democrats have broken the Republican supermajority in the state’s House of Representatives. Republicans gained the State Auditor’s seat, while Democrats won state superintendent.

Over the past year, I have told countless people that I believed North Carolina would once again turn red on election night. What I’ve observed in my state has been a persistent Republican presence and support for the MAGA agenda.

North Carolina’s split ticket voters continue to elude me, but one thing is for certain: The gains the Democratic Party made in the state make me hopeful for the future of the party.

In the days leading up to the election, I drove across North Carolina to get a sense of how the state was going to vote.

On Friday before Election Day, I went to Asheville, where residents are still living without clean water. While there, I witnessed Democratic voters turning........

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