Republican Senator Tillis clinches reelection as Cunningham concedes

Democrat Cal Cunningham, who had been considered the leader for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina until his campaign was undermined by a sex scandal, on Tuesday conceded the closely fought contest to Republican incumbent Thom Tillis.Edison Research also called the race for Tillis.The result essentially confirms that control of the Senate -- and with it the power to support or block much of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's agenda -- will be decided in a pair of Jan. 5 runoff elections in