Donald Trump wins North Carolina

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Donald Trump just took the key battleground state of North Carolina, Fox News and others project, with 51 percent of the vote compared to Hillary Clinton's 46 percent. Clinton had been leading earlier in the evening before Trump pulled ahead and stayed there.

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Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.