North Carolina results by county
Every county that has finished counting (95% or more), with its 2026 margin and the change from the 2024 presidential vote in the same county.
North Carolina Senate
Roy Cooper won (58.7%).
100 of 100 counties counted. Together, those counties moved toward D 21.0 points from 2024.
| County | Votes | 2026 | 2024 | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 67,849 | D+14.7 | R+8.2 | D+22.9 |
| Alexander | 13,475 | R+42.2 | R+59.8 | D+17.7 |
| Alleghany | 4,695 | R+29.2 | R+52.0 | D+22.7 |
| Anson | 8,013 | D+11.3 | R+2.5 | D+13.8 |
| Ashe | 11,772 | R+21.1 | R+44.5 | D+23.3 |
| Avery | 6,685 | R+33.7 | R+52.4 | D+18.7 |
| Beaufort | 19,864 | R+16.0 | R+31.1 | D+15.1 |
| Bertie | 6,667 | D+28.0 | D+15.7 | D+12.3 |
| Bladen | 11,968 | R+4.3 | R+20.4 | D+16.1 |
| Brunswick | 86,688 | R+5.9 | R+24.9 | D+18.9 |
| Buncombe | 131,206 | D+46.2 | D+24.8 | D+21.4 |
| Burke | 30,118 | R+18.0 | R+41.2 | D+23.3 |
| Cabarrus | 86,912 | D+17.4 | R+7.7 | D+25.1 |
| Caldwell | 27,293 | R+31.0 | R+52.6 | D+21.6 |
| Camden | 4,517 | R+33.4 | R+50.8 | D+17.4 |
| Carteret | 35,142 | R+28.0 | R+43.1 | D+15.1 |
| Caswell | 8,706 | R+5.7 | R+24.5 | D+18.8 |
| Catawba | 60,128 | R+15.1 | R+38.0 | D+22.9 |
| Chatham | 43,043 | D+32.9 | D+12.5 | D+20.4 |
| Cherokee | 12,311 | R+42.8 | R+57.5 | D+14.7 |
| Chowan | 5,928 | R+11.2 | R+22.5 | D+11.3 |
| Clay | 5,740 | R+33.9 | R+50.1 | D+16.3 |
| Cleveland | 34,539 | R+13.4 | R+35.0 | D+21.6 |
| Columbus | 16,956 | R+13.5 | R+33.9 | D+20.4 |
| Craven | 41,878 | R+3.7 | R+20.5 | D+16.8 |
| Cumberland | 95,138 | D+35.1 | D+13.4 | D+21.7 |
| Currituck | 12,697 | R+32.7 | R+47.9 | D+15.3 |
| Dare | 19,122 | R+1.1 | R+18.8 | D+17.6 |
| Davidson | 60,706 | R+22.1 | R+47.1 | D+24.9 |
| Davie | 18,463 | R+25.2 | R+46.5 | D+21.2 |
| Duplin | 16,034 | R+11.1 | R+29.0 | D+17.8 |
| Durham | 150,482 | D+75.7 | D+61.9 | D+13.7 |
| Edgecombe | 17,993 | D+39.3 | D+22.7 | D+16.6 |
| Forsyth | 152,572 | D+35.5 | D+13.2 | D+22.3 |
| Franklin | 33,160 | D+6.9 | R+13.6 | D+20.5 |
| Gaston | 82,821 | Even | R+25.0 | D+25.0 |
| Gates | 4,177 | R+4.0 | R+21.7 | D+17.6 |
| Graham | 3,706 | R+44.0 | R+63.8 | D+19.8 |
| Granville | 24,462 | D+10.0 | R+9.4 | D+19.4 |
| Greene | 6,245 | D+0.4 | R+18.1 | D+18.5 |
| Guilford | 217,239 | D+42.1 | D+21.8 | D+20.2 |
| Halifax | 17,683 | D+32.6 | D+17.7 | D+14.9 |
| Harnett | 44,986 | D+0.6 | R+25.1 | D+25.7 |
| Haywood | 28,262 | D+0.5 | R+25.1 | D+25.6 |
| Henderson | 56,915 | D+6.0 | R+14.6 | D+20.6 |
| Hertford | 7,075 | D+40.2 | D+26.8 | D+13.4 |
| Hoke | 15,939 | D+33.1 | D+5.9 | D+27.2 |
| Hyde | 1,958 | R+6.1 | R+22.1 | D+16.0 |
| Iredell | 75,789 | R+10.6 | R+32.6 | D+22.0 |
| Jackson | 16,066 | D+17.4 | R+9.4 | D+26.8 |
| Johnston | 88,773 | D+6.0 | R+21.5 | D+27.6 |
| Jones | 3,925 | R+11.8 | R+25.7 | D+13.9 |
| Lee | 21,217 | D+10.1 | R+17.5 | D+27.6 |
| Lenoir | 19,544 | D+8.9 | R+6.8 | D+15.6 |
| Lincoln | 38,288 | R+26.1 | R+45.7 | D+19.6 |
| Macon | 16,213 | R+16.8 | R+38.0 | D+21.2 |
| Madison | 10,477 | D+3.6 | R+23.5 | D+27.1 |
| Martin | 9,150 | D+7.0 | R+10.3 | D+17.3 |
| McDowell | 16,363 | R+26.3 | R+49.2 | D+22.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 439,955 | D+53.6 | D+32.9 | D+20.7 |
| Mitchell | 6,256 | R+32.7 | R+55.9 | D+23.2 |
| Montgomery | 9,003 | R+14.3 | R+37.8 | D+23.5 |
| Moore | 44,762 | R+9.8 | R+29.5 | D+19.7 |
| Nash | 40,831 | D+15.9 | R+1.8 | D+17.6 |
| New Hanover | 102,740 | D+22.4 | D+0.6 | D+21.8 |
| Northampton | 6,986 | D+27.4 | D+14.5 | D+12.9 |
| Onslow | 50,348 | R+12.7 | R+35.9 | D+23.2 |
| Orange | 72,153 | D+68.0 | D+51.1 | D+17.0 |
| Pamlico | 6,081 | R+16.7 | R+32.1 | D+15.3 |
| Pasquotank | 14,901 | D+12.9 | R+4.9 | D+17.8 |
| Pender | 25,632 | R+12.3 | R+35.0 | D+22.7 |
| Perquimans | 5,594 | R+26.6 | R+39.4 | D+12.8 |
| Person | 15,913 | R+4.6 | R+23.7 | D+19.1 |
| Pitt | 62,410 | D+24.5 | D+6.0 | D+18.5 |
| Polk | 10,088 | R+5.3 | R+25.2 | D+19.9 |
| Randolph | 47,603 | R+33.9 | R+57.2 | D+23.4 |
| Richmond | 13,421 | D+1.7 | R+20.9 | D+22.5 |
| Robeson | 29,501 | R+0.6 | R+27.7 | D+27.0 |
| Rockingham | 34,128 | R+14.5 | R+35.9 | D+21.5 |
| Rowan | 50,768 | R+13.4 | R+35.9 | D+22.6 |
| Rutherford | 22,911 | R+27.5 | R+47.8 | D+20.3 |
| Sampson | 18,424 | R+6.3 | R+29.8 | D+23.5 |
| Scotland | 10,386 | D+12.4 | R+6.9 | D+19.4 |
| Stanly | 24,400 | R+31.6 | R+50.8 | D+19.3 |
| Stokes | 17,467 | R+36.1 | R+59.6 | D+23.5 |
| Surry | 24,115 | R+26.7 | R+53.3 | D+26.6 |
| Swain | 5,121 | R+0.8 | R+23.7 | D+22.9 |
| Transylvania | 16,215 | D+10.0 | R+12.2 | D+22.2 |
| Tyrrell | 1,355 | R+5.7 | R+21.5 | D+15.8 |
| Union | 100,583 | R+2.8 | R+25.3 | D+22.4 |
| Vance | 14,675 | D+30.3 | D+13.4 | D+16.9 |
| Wake | 523,237 | D+47.3 | D+25.5 | D+21.7 |
| Warren | 8,065 | D+31.7 | D+19.0 | D+12.7 |
| Washington | 4,529 | D+21.4 | D+6.2 | D+15.2 |
| Watauga | 23,805 | D+27.7 | D+6.0 | D+21.7 |
| Wayne | 38,570 | D+2.8 | R+16.4 | D+19.2 |
| Wilkes | 23,556 | R+38.0 | R+59.7 | D+21.7 |
| Wilson | 29,087 | D+19.1 | D+0.4 | D+18.7 |
| Yadkin | 13,543 | R+40.6 | R+62.4 | D+21.8 |
| Yancey | 8,330 | R+6.4 | R+34.4 | D+28.1 |
Questions and answers
How many counties did each party win in the North Carolina Senate race?
Democrats carry 43 counties and Republicans 57.
Which counties moved most from 2024 in the North Carolina Senate race?
Yancey: 28.1 points toward Democrats; Johnston: 27.6 points toward Democrats; Lee: 27.6 points toward Democrats.
Which North Carolina county cast the most votes?
Wake, with 523,237 votes counted; the margin there was D+47.3.
North Carolina 2026 results recap → · Download as CSV → · Swing from 2024 in every state →
County results: civicAPI. 2024: presidential votes by county (Harris vs. Trump). Margin: Democrat minus Republican, in points of the total.