NORTH CAROLINA — Voters elected Republican Greg Murphy to replace longtime 3rd District Rep. Walter Jones Jr. in the U.S. House on Tuesday.
Polls closed at 7:30 p.m.
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- 4 candidates were on Tuesday's District 3 ballot
- Rep. Walter Jones served from 1995 until his February death
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With almost 64% of precincts reporting at about 8:30 p.m., the District 3 race was called in Murphy's favor.
The candidates were:
- Republican Greg Murphy - view campaign website
- Democrat Allen Thomas - view campaign website
- Libertarian Tim Harris - view Facebook page
- Constitution Party Greg Holt - view Facebook page
The 3rd District covers all or parts of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Tyrrell, Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, Carteret, Pitt, Craven, Onslow, Jones, Lenoir, and Greene counties.
According to the website BallotPedia, President Donald Trump won the district in the 2016 election, garnering about 60 percent of the vote.
Jones served in the district from 1995 until his Feb. 10 death. He was 76 years old.