RESULTS: Democrat Kathy Manning projected to win North Carolina's 6th Congressional District

• Democrat Kathy Manning is projected to defeat Republican Joseph Lee Haywood and win the open race for North Carolina's newly redrawn 6th Congressional District.
• Manning is a former immigration lawyer and nonprofit leader in the Greensboro area. Haywood, a local business owner, has been actively involved in Republican politics over the past few years.
• After court-ordered redistricting, the 6th district was redrawn to be more favorable to Democrats, and now includes the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
• Polls started closing at 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
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The candidates

Democrat Kathy Manning is projected to defeat Republican Joseph Lee Haywood and win the open race for North Carolina's newly redrawn 6th Congressional District in the Greensboro area.

Manning is a former immigration lawyer and small business owner who has been deeply involved with a number of local non-profits and economic development efforts over the past decade, according to her campaign website.

In 2018, she unsuccessfully challenged GOP Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District and lost by six points. A portion of North Carolina's old 13th district is now in the sixth, following recent redistricting.

Haywood is a business owner in the Greensboro area who became active in Republican politics after President Barack Obama's election in 2008. Most recently, he served as chairman of the 6th district's Republican Party chapter for over two years, he says on his campaign website.

The district's current representative, GOP Rep. Mark Walker, retired amid North Carolina's recent court-ordered redistricting.

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The district

The new boundaries of North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District were drawn after a court ordered the state's legislature to redraw its entire congressional district map in 2019, ruling that the previous map drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature disenfranchised voters from participating in fair elections by unfairly benefiting Republicans.

While North Carolina's previous 13-district map had 10 districts that favored Republicans and three that favored Democrats, the new map contains eight districts that favor Republicans and five that favor Democrats, including the redrawn 2nd and 6th districts.

The previous 6th district included parts of eight counties in the central part of the state as well as some of the area around Greensboro and Ashboro, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

The new 6th district is far more compact and favorable to Democrats, and now includes all of Guilford County and a portion of Forsyth County, including the more reliably Democratic cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.

The money race

As of September 30, Manning has raised $1.7 million compared to $58,3338 raised for Haywood, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Manning has over $363,000 in cash on hand compared to Haywood's $28,000.

What experts say

The race between Manning and Haywood is rated as "likely Democratic" by Inside Elections and The Cook Political Report, and "safe Democratic" by Sabato's Crystal Ball.

Polls started closing at 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday.