vote. let s remind people also, john, north carolina can be competitive. it has a democratic governor, joe biden lost but narrowly. what was his margin in 2020? let s come to the presidential race in 2020. and you look at the race. he lost, but he lost by 74,000 votes. obama won it let s do the history. it s a fascinating history. obama just won it over john mccain, historic african american turnout in the first obama election of 2008. it was history in the making and african american voters turned out in huge numbers. so democrats thought north carolina, changing population, more college-educated population. and they had a democratic senator there for a while. kay hagan was the last democratic senator elected in that year with barack obama. mitt romney pulls it out just barely. two points in 2012.
me clear that out. this is the state capital. maggie hassan again. it says 13%. watch these numbers as our teams try to calculate how many people turn out on election day. how did biden do in concord? we come to 2020, we hit the presidential race. 65%. so she s exceeding that right now. it s very early. former governor too. that was her office. she s a former governor of the state. now she s a united states senator. let s come back to 2022 and you pull out the state right now. that s the house district on the other side. where is general bolduc ahead? he s in guilford. guilford s a great little town. if you re coming from new hampshire and going skiing, it s a beautiful little town, it s a more republican down there. we have a long way to go in the count. to your point about why this race matters, it s a 50/50 senate. republicans were thinking two
senate. the new hampshire senate race. let s go on over. and let s see how it is. so right now the new hampshire senate race, because that s become competitive. incumbent democrat maggie hassan against former i think general donald bolduc. an election denier, he tried to switch back after he won his primary and went back again because the republican base was getting thatted at him. had a war of words throughout the primary. the main thing here in new hampshire, this corner right here from concord down to manchester, down to nashua, that s where the bulk of the population lives. the bulk of the population is here, it s more suburban, and it s absolutely key to the democrats. we just got some votes in so let
projecting that senator marco rubio, the republican from florida, will be re-elected defeating congresswoman val demings. in alabama cnn is projecting that katie brit will win her senate seated defeating her opponent. she is a former staffer for the retiring republican dick shelby. so that s a hold for republicans. in oklahoma cnn is projecting that incumbent senator james langford will win. in the special election in oklahoma, cnn is projecting markwayne mullin will be elected defeating kendra horn. in kentucky, cnn is projecting that incumbent republican senator rand paul will be re-elected. the big senate race in pennsylvania cnn is declaring to be too early to call and the big senate race that s between lieutenant governor john fetterman and tv s dr. mehmet oz too early to call.
we expect to stay lclose all evening. north carolina cheri beasley at 52% to ted budd s 46.3%. you heard that breakdown about where the votes are out. there is reason for the budd campaign to potentially be optimistic here. we will be sticking close all night. 55% of the vote in there. now let s go to ohio where tim ryan is out to an early lead, 56.9% to j.d. vance s 43%. but it is still extremely early in ohio. this is a state that has trended very red in recent years. 29% of the vote in in ohio. now let s go to new hampshire where maggie hassan is sitting at 67% to don bolduc s 38.2%. democrats in new hampshire telling me they feel very good about where maggie hassan is at this hour. of course, extremely early, just 14.9% of the vote has been counted in new hampshire. but now let s check in on