Election and Weather Briefing for Wednesday, November 4, 2020

OUTLOOK

Warm and dry high pressure will remain in place through Saturday. An increasingly moist easterly flow develops from Sunday into next week slowly increasing rain chances. Above normal temperatures will slowly rise through the period.





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General forecast through Thursday night


Today

Sunny, with highs ranging from near 60 in the higher elevation to the upper 60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with lows ranging from near 30 in the lower elevations to the upper 30s in the lower elevations. Light winds out of the southeast.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from near 60 in the higher elevations to the mid-to-upper 60s in the lower elevations. Calm winds.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with lows ranging from the mid-30s in the higher elevations to the lower 4s in the lower elevations. Calm winds.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 60s in the higher elevations to near 70 in the lower elevations. Light and variable winds.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with lows ranging from the lower 40s in the higher elevations and in the upper 40s in the lower elevations.




News Brief


2020 General Election

Federal Races

PRESIDENT

The votes are still being counted for the office of president and results may not be known for days.

US SENATE

Tillis(R) 2,640,379 48.73%
Cunningham(D) 2,543,672 46.94%
Bray(L) 167,968 3.10%
Hayes(C) 66,668 1.23%

Voter Turnout Data and Local Race Results from the 2020 General Election
(results will be certified and additional mail-in ballots will be counted on Friday the 13th)

Statewide

5,487,252 (74.56%) Turnout of registered voters
3,603,023 (65.66% of turnout) One-Stop
928,443 (16.92% of turnout) Absentee by Mail
955,786 (17.42% of turnout) Election Day

Macon County

20,748 (76.39%) Turnout of registered voters
13,049 (62.89% of turnout) One-Stop
3,395 (16.36% of turnout) Absentee by Mail
4,304 (20.74% of turnout) Election Day

US HOUSE (Precincts Reported: 304 of 304)

Cawthorn (R) 243,898 54.52%
Davis(D) 189,516 42.36%
DeBruhl(L) 8,565 1.91%
Zwinak(G) 5,417 1.21%

NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 50 (Precincts Reported: 91 of 91)

Corbin(R) 73,467 66.65%
Fox(D) 36,759 33.35%

NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 120 (Precincts Reported: 44 of 44)

Gillespie(R) 34,745 74.17%
Landis(D) 12,098 25.83%

NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 30 SEAT 06 (Precincts Reported: 91 of 91)

Wingate(R) 71,188 65.19%
Greene(D) 38,006 34.81%

MACON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 02 (Precincts Reported: 15 of 15)

Young(R) 14,709 73.37%
Wallace(D) 5,339 26.63%

MACON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 04 (Precincts Reported: 15 of 15)

Breedlove 8,138 47.22%
Mason 5,551 32.21%
Ritter 3,468 20.12%
Write-In 77 0.45%


COVID-19 UPDATE

Here are the latest COVID-19 Numbers and Demographics Report from Macon Public Health, along with a couple of charts by Macon Media to show you the long-term trends since May 30, 2020, when the health department started releasing numbers to Macon Media.

Cases

781 Detected
(+5 from Monday and +33 from last Tuesday and +117 in four weeks)

36 Active
(+4 from Monday and +6 from last Tuesday and +4 in four weeks)

738 Recovered
(+1 from Monday and +27 from last Tuesday and +113 in four weeks)

7 Deaths
(unchanged from Monday and unchanged from last Tuesday and unchanged in four weeks)


Testing

6488 by MCPH
(unchanged from Monday and +167 from last Tuesday and +662 in four weeks)

3180 by Others
(+94 from Monday and +298 from last Tuesday and +920 in four weeks)

9668 total
(+94 from Monday and +465 from last Tuesday and +1582 in four weeks)

86 tests pending results
(unchanged from Monday and -4 from last Tuesday and +8 in four weeks)

HAZARDS


Hazardous weather is not anticipated for today.









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Published at 5:30am Wednesday, November 04, 2020