US midterms: Democrats projected to flip North Carolina Senate seat, hold Georgia

Democrats won major Senate races in the US states of North Carolina and Georgia, media projections showed, but it remained unclear whether the party would succeed in wresting control of the chamber from President Donald Trump’s Republicans with millions of votes still uncounted in Tuesday’s midterm elections. In North Carolina, former governor Roy Cooper easily defeated Trump-backed Republican Michael Whatley to win a Republican-held seat, media outlets projected, giving Democrats one of the four net pickups they need to win a majority. Projections also showed that Democratic Senator Jon…