Wake County Republicans wiped out in 2025 elections as Democrats strengthen in suburbs [View all]

Wake County voters flocked to the polls and booted multiple local mayors and incumbent town council members in Tuesday’s elections — results that could foreshadow trouble for Republican candidates and bitter battles across ballots in 2026, when North Carolina will elect a new U.S. Senator and vote on other key offices.

The most important political battlegrounds of this closely divided state are the suburbs. And in the suburban towns of the state’s biggest county Tuesday night — from Wake Forest to Garner to Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs and Cary — Republicans lost power in areas that Republican President Donald Trump carried just a year ago.

The Wake County Republican Party endorsed 22 candidates. All but one of them lost Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Meanwhile, 25 of 27 candidates endorsed by the Wake County Democratic Party appear to have rolled to victory.

It’s a phenomenon in line with elections across the country. Democrats secured key victories in Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere as the party campaigned on jobs and cost-of-living issues — and against a president suffering from falling approval ratings.


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