(The Center Square) – Republicans flipped a blue seat red to take 31 seats in the North Carolina Senate on Tuesday, winning three pivotal races on a night when one for each party was decided by less than 100 votes of more than 100,000 cast. By 38 votes of 121,988 cast, Republican Ashlee Adams of Wake Forest won District 18 over Terence Everitt to flip a seat held by Democrats. Everitt ran for the post as a favor to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper; he had planned to retire from the state House of Representatives. Bode decided not to run in order to commit more time to family. Sen. Lisa Barnes of Spr…