Latest vote count has Greg Murphy losing congress seat by almost 300 votes | Eastern NC Now

As most provisional ballots have been adjudicated and those entitled to be counted included in election results, the election outcome of the Third Congressional District have shifted. On election night, it appeared that incumbent establishment Republican Greg Murphy had won reelection by almost 300 votes, but the updated figures now show the Democrat challenger Raymond Smith leading by almost 300 votes.

This is not the final count for this election.  It is close enough that the loser is entitled to a recount, and that is almost certain to happen.

The Third District was long held by conservative Congressman Walter Jones, Jr.  Murphy won the primary to succeed Jones by claiming he was a Freedom Caucus conservative, but when he got to DC quickly joined the establishment camp in congress instead.

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GOP representative in congress from North Carolina had already been reduced to four, the same number of congressmen the GOP elected in 1972.  Now we may be down to three.