Republican State Senator Dan Bishop has been declared by multiple media outlets to be the winner of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional district race against Democrat Dan McCready.

This celebratory video was posted on Bishop’s Twitter feed earlier:

WE DID IT #NC09!!!! Thank you North Carolina!!! pic.twitter.com/hMohQZGl4w

— Dan Bishop (@jdanbishop) September 11, 2019

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Trump is, of course, taking a share of the credit. Heh:

Dan Bishop was down 17 points 3 weeks ago. He then asked me for help, we changed his strategy together, and he ran a great race. Big Rally last night. Now it looks like he is going to win. @CNN & @MSNBC are moving their big studio equipment and talent out. Stay tuned!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2019

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As of this writing, Bishop is ahead by about 4,000 votes with all but two precincts reporting. Via Politico:

McCready has conceded:

BREAKING: Dan McCready CONCEDES #NC09 @wsoctv

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) September 11, 2019

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In advance of today’s contest, the race had been widely portrayed as a bellwether race for 2020 by the mainstream media and Democratic political analysts. Will be interesting to see how they spin it now that the Republican has won.

McCready also had a big money advantage over Bishop, but in the end he came up short.

Here’s a roundup of news/commentary/reactions on the race from pollsters, Democrats, Republicans, journalists, etc:

BREAKING: AP CALLS #NC09 FOR @JDanBishop

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) September 11, 2019

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It is true! @jdanbishop was losing by 14 to @McCreadyForNC earlier in the #nc09 campaign.

We could not have comeback and won this #NCpol Election without the support of @realDonaldTrump @mike_pence @NRCC @GOP @CLFSuperPAC @club4growth @freedomcaucus pic.twitter.com/TrT7oSPVG5

— Jim Blaine (@JimBlaine) September 11, 2019

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If Democrats want to understand how they lost to Trump despite gaining tons of ground in places like Charlotte & the Triangle, they need to visit Robeson County, NC right away.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 11, 2019

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A key ingredient to Dan Bishop’s (R) #NC09 win was Robeson County, in the eastern part of the district. This was an Obama -> Trump county that McCready won by 15% in 2018. It nearly flipped tonight, with the Lumbee Indian precincts (in the west) moving most heavily GOP. #ncpol pic.twitter.com/17Ci590wgk

— J. Miles Coleman (@JMilesColeman) September 11, 2019

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…. and Bishop is clearly ready to get to work:

Bishop calls on D’s in US House to approve more funding to build the border wall w/ Mexico #ncpol #nc09

— Nick Ochsner (@NickOchsnerWBTV) September 11, 2019

Just a reminder: This race is the last race of the 2018 election cycle. Bishop will have to turn around in a few months and begin campaigning again for the seat for the 2020 election cycle:

The 2018 #NC09 election will be decided tonight

The 2020 #NC09 election will start in less than 3 months

Filing for 2020 races opens December 2 #ncpol pic.twitter.com/OOWhUMurKh

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) September 10, 2019

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Enjoy these next few weeks of no political ads while you can, my fellow North Carolinians.

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