North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2024

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Governor of North Carolina
	General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: Pending
	Primary: Pending; Primary runoff: Pending; General: November 5, 2024; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Roy Cooper (D)
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	Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Voting in North Carolina
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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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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

	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

	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

	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

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