Weeks after Election Day and after requesting a recount, incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory conceded the North Carolina gubernatorial race to his Democratic challenger, Roy Cooper.
"Despite continued questions that should be answered regarding the voting process, I personally believe that the majority of our citizens have spoken and we now should everything we can to support the 75th governor of North Carolina - Roy Cooper," Gov. McCrory said in a video released Monday by his office.
Cooper won 49 percent of the vote, with McCrory close behind at 48.9 percent of the vote.
The North Carolina gubernatorial race was the last remaining race without a winner called.
McCrory came under fire earlier this year for signing the controversial House Bill 2, otherwise referred to as the "bathroom bill."
The bill directs all public schools, public college campuses, and government agencies to require that multiple-occupancy bathrooms and changing facilities, such as locker rooms, be designated for use only by people based on their "biological sex" stated on their birth certificates. Transgender people can use bathrooms and changing facilities that correspond to their gender identity only if they get their biological sex on their birth certificate changed.
ABC News' Geneva Sands and Ryan Struyk contributed to this report.
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