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<- 2020

Governor of North Carolina

General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending
Primary runoff: Pending
General: November 5, 2024

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Pre-election incumbent(s):
Roy Cooper (D)
How to vote
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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North Carolina is holding an election for governor on November 5, 2024.

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

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## Contents

* 1 Candidates and election results
* 2 Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
* 3 Past elections
* 3.1 2020
* 3.2 2016
* 3.3 2012
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Candidates and election results[edit]

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There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

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## Past elections[edit]

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2012.

### 2020

See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

##### General election for Governor of North Carolina

Incumbent Roy Cooper defeated Dan Forest, Steven DiFiore II, and Al Pisano in the general election for Governor of North Carolina on November 3, 2020.

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Roy Cooper (D)  |

51.5

| 2,834,790

| Dan Forest (R)  |

47.0

| 2,586,605

| Steven DiFiore II (L) |

1.1

| 60,449

| Al Pisano (Constitution Party) |

0.4

| 20,934

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 5,502,778

|
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Democratic primary election

#####  Democratic primary for Governor of North Carolina

Incumbent Roy Cooper defeated Ernest Reeves in the Democratic primary for Governor of North Carolina on March 3, 2020.

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Roy Cooper |

87.2

| 1,128,829

| Ernest Reeves |

12.8

| 165,804

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 1,294,633

|
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Republican primary election

#####  Republican primary for Governor of North Carolina

Dan Forest defeated Holly Grange in the Republican primary for Governor of North Carolina on March 3, 2020.

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Dan Forest |

89.0

| 698,077

| Holly Grange |

11.0

| 86,714

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There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 784,791

|
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### 2016

See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2016

The general election for governor was held on November 8, 2016.

Roy Cooper defeated incumbent Pat McCrory and Lon Cecil in the North Carolina governor election.

North Carolina Governor, 2016

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Democratic  |  Roy Cooper | 49.02% | 2,309,190
| Republican  | Pat McCrory Incumbent | 48.80% | 2,298,927
| Libertarian  | Lon Cecil | 2.19% | 102,986
Total Votes | 4,711,103
Source: North Carolina Secretary of State

### 2012

See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2012

Bev Perdue (D) did not run for re-election. Pat McCrory (R) defeated Walter Dalton (D) in the November 6, 2012 general election.

Governor of North Carolina General Election, 2012

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Democratic  |  Walter Dalton  | 43.2% | 1,931,580
| Republican  | Pat McCrory | 54.6% | 2,440,707
| Libertarian  |  Barbara Howe  | 2.1% | 94,652
| Write-in  |  Various | 0% | 1,356
Total Votes | 4,468,295
Election results via NC State Board of Elections

## See also[edit]

North Carolina | State Executive Elections | News and Analysis

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North Carolina State Executive Offices North Carolina State Legislature North Carolina Courts |  2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 North Carolina elections: 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 |  Party control of state government State government trifectas State of the state addresses Partisan composition of governors

## External links[edit]

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* Office of the Governor of North Carolina

## Footnotes[edit]

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