Hillary Clinton, however, holds a commanding 63-point lead among African-American, Hispanic and Asian likely voters over Donald Trump in the state. | Getty Poll: Clinton, Trump tied in North Carolina

After weeks of sliding poll numbers for Donald Trump and a resurgence of Hillary Clinton’s email scandal this week, fresh poll numbers from Monmouth University out Wednesday show the two presidential candidates locked in a statistical tie in North Carolina.

The former secretary of state leads Trump among likely North Carolina voters by 2 percentage points, 44 percent to 42 percent, an advantage that lies within the poll’s margin of error. Seven percent of those polled said they plan to vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson, and 6 percent said they remain undecided. Respondents who identified as independent voters favored Trump, 44 percent to 30 percent, while 15 percent said they support Johnson.

Clinton holds a commanding 63-point lead over Trump among African-American, Hispanic and Asian likely voters, 76 percent to 13 percent, while the real estate mogul has a 23-point lead with white voters likely to cast a ballot this November. Trump’s 23-point lead among white likely voters is smaller than the 37-point margin by which Mitt Romney won white North Carolina voters in 2012. Romney won North Carolina in 2012, but President Barack Obama won it in 2008, the first victory there for a Democrat since 1976.

Clinton leads Trump 44.6 percent to 40.4 percent in the POLITICO Battleground States Polling Average for North Carolina, with the 2-point margin in the Monmouth poll showing a tightening since early August. In the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll conducted Aug. 4-10, Clinton led Trump 48 percent to 39 percent.

In the North Carolina governor’s race, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory trails Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper by 9 points, 52 percent to 43 percent. Poll respondents were split on McCrory’s performance as governor, with 45 percent saying they approve of the job he has done while 46 percent disapprove.

His most controversial legislation, a law requiring North Carolinians to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate, appears to be a drag on his reelection hopes. Fifty-five percent of those reached said they disapprove of the law, which many perceive as discriminatory toward the transgender community, while just 36 percent said they approve of it. Seventy percent of respondents said the law, which prompted the NBA to relocate its All-Star Game and PayPal to reconsider expanding operations in the state, has been bad for the state’s reputation. Of those who said they disapprove of the law, 72 percent are voting for Cooper, the Democrat.

While the Republican presidential candidate is narrowly trailing by 2 points, incumbent Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) holds a 2-point lead himself over Democratic state legislator Deborah Ross, placing the two in a statistical tie. Independents reached by the poll said they prefer Burr to Ross by a 15-point margin, 46 percent to 31 percent.

The Monmouth University Poll was conducted via landlines and cellphones from Aug. 20-23, surveying 401 likely North Carolina voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.