The election results will make it a lot harder for Republicans to ignore Roy Cooper
The election results will make it a lot harder for Republicans to ignore Roy Cooper
BY CRAIG JARVIS
cjarvis@newsobserver.com
Updated November 08, 2018 11:57 AM
RALEIGH
Taking away Republican legislators’ ability to muster enough votes to override the governor’s vetoes sets up a clash between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the GOP-controlled General Assembly that could resound throughout the second half of his first term in office.
The first half has already been marked by a predictable pattern of vetoes, overrides and lawsuits sparked by one controversy after another.
This week voters replaced enough Republican incumbents to rob the House and possibly the Senate of the three-fifths majorities required to override vetoes. Unofficial results indicated House Democrats, who needed to pick up four seats, took nine. They also picked up the six seats they needed in the Senate.
Many of the contests were decided narrowly, and so the final outcome could change once provisional ballots are counted and any recounts are conducted.
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