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Democrats made gains in Western N.C. Now comes the hard part

While Western North Carolina saw more Democrats elected to the state House and Senate than the previous decade, most incumbent Republicans held onto their seats in the far west. After the Nov. 3 election, Democrats in Raleigh will now control the N.C. House of Representatives for the first time in 16 years after winning 71 of 120 seats, according to unofficial results . Democrat Lynne Russo won the 117th House district, which covers about half of Henderson County. Her victory marks the first time a Democrat has held the seat since 1959, according to her campaign, and she credits the victory to her focus on Hurricane Helene relief efforts – and the region’s frustration with inadequate funding. (function(){function e(){window.addEventListener(`message`,function(e){if(e.data[`datawrapper-height`]!==void 0){var t=document.querySelectorAll(`iframe`);for(var n in e.data[`datawrapper-height`])for(var r=0,i;i=t[r];r++)if(i.contentWindow===e.source){var a=e.data[`datawrapper-height`][n]+`px`;i.style.height=a}}})}e()})(); “The morning of the election, I said to my campaign manager, we’re about to find out just how tired America is – and it turned out they were pretty tired,” Russo told NC Local. She won by just under 4 points over Republican Chelsea Walsh. Walsh took incumbent Republican Jennifer Balkcom’s place in the election after Balkcom was tapped to run for N.C.’s 11th House District Congressional seat . Russo said she hoped to

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