Roy Cooper, North Carolina's former governor, won the state's Senate race, defeating Michael Whatley, a former chair of the Republican National Committee, according to a Guardian video report. The outlet said Cooper will be the first Democrat to represent North Carolina in the Senate in 10 years, and it described the outcome as "flipping seat for Democrats," a seat the party needed to form the majority.
The Guardian's summary did not include vote totals or a margin of victory, and it did not say when the race was called.
BBC News reported separately that South Carolina elected a Democratic senator for the first time in almost three decades. Its headline is the only part of the summary that states that result. In a separate description of the same article, BBC News said President Trump "handpicked" Darline Graham to take over the seat held by her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham, after his death.
The two accounts from BBC News do not fit together on the material available. The summary does not name the Democratic winner the headline describes, and it does not say whether Darline Graham is that winner or held the seat in some other capacity. Neither source explains the discrepancy.
The two reports cover separate states, and neither refers to the other. The Guardian's item is a video page, and its summary contains only a brief description of the North Carolina result.
This report draws only on headlines and brief summaries from the two outlets. Full articles were not available for this report, so vote counts, official certification, candidate statements, and the timing of each result are not confirmed here. Readers should consult the full reports linked above for those details.
Sources: The Guardian: North Carolina elects Roy Cooper to be state's first Democratic senator in 10 years - video; BBC News: South Carolina elects Democratic senator for first time in almost three decades.