Only explanation is Selected Not Elected imho. I see it happening nationwide not simply a single state or two. The corruption at the voting booth is extreme
Fraud did occur my daughter was told she had voted twice when she showed up at the polling station. Both previous votes occurred by mail in ballots from her old college addresses. She filled out a provisional ballot but never knew if it was counted. However, the State went for Trump and elected a mostly Republicans including two new Republican Justices. It is hard to beat an incumbent, the previous NC Governor was an R and was not popular with conservatives. Cooper won but with a GOP LT Governor, a huge majority of Republican legislator and a new State SC with a conservative majority. I will say for a RAT Cooper was very pro-business and was smart enough to back off when his COVID mandates were being ignored outside Wake/Meklenburg County. It was weird to travel to Raleigh and see mandatory masking etc. when the rest of the State just ignored the mandates.