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Bertie County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 64% of the U.S. Senate vote in Bertie County. The margin is 12.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Bertie County

U.S. Senate

Roy Cooper
63.5%4,262
Michael Whatley
35.3%2,368
Shannon Bray
0.7%47
Michael Dublin
0.5%31
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Bertie County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 10, 11:46 AM.

9 local contests in Bertie County

County offices, school boards and districts on Bertie County's ballots, from North Carolina's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Bertie County Board of Commissioners District 02

CandidateVotesShare
Miles Davis D4,968100.0%

Miles Davis is unopposed.

Bertie County Board of Commissioners District 03

CandidateVotesShare
Corey Ballance, Sr. D4,853100.0%

Corey Ballance, Sr. is unopposed.

Bertie County Board of Commissioners District 05

CandidateVotesShare
Ronald Roberson D4,819100.0%

Ronald Roberson is unopposed.

Bertie County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Angela Todd D5,316100.0%

Angela Todd is unopposed.

Bertie County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Tyrone M. Ruffin D5,548100.0%

Tyrone M. Ruffin is unopposed.

Schools

Bertie County Board of Education District 02

CandidateVotesShare
Rickey Freeman3,00652.1%
Latrica Hines-Miller2,73847.5%
Write-In250.4%

Rickey Freeman ahead in Bertie County.

Bertie County Board of Education District 03

CandidateVotesShare
Christine Dudley3,56361.8%
David C. Conner2,18938.0%
Write-In100.2%

Christine Dudley ahead in Bertie County.

Bertie County Board of Education District 04

CandidateVotesShare
Vernetta M. Henderson3,48860.9%
David Ray2,22838.9%
Write-In110.2%

Vernetta M. Henderson ahead in Bertie County.

Districts

Bertie Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Blount Knowles3,59575.0%
Ricky Spivey98120.5%
Chad Whitehead641.3%
Zack Castelloe160.3%
Neil Baker50.1%
Write-In1322.8%

Blount Knowles and Ricky Spivey ahead in Bertie County.

North Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:05 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateD +28.6D +15.8D +12.8
NC-01D +28.8D +15.7D +13.1

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Bertie County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris57.5%Donald Trump41.8%D +15.79,188
2020Joe Biden60.5%Donald Trump38.9%D +21.69,817
2016Hillary Clinton61.8%Donald Trump37.0%D +24.89,347
2012Barack Obama66.1%Mitt Romney33.5%D +32.710,123
2008Barack Obama65.2%John McCain34.6%D +30.69,763
2004John Kerry61.5%George W. Bush38.1%D +23.48,032
2000Al Gore64.9%George W. Bush34.7%D +30.37,176

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +14.6.

Other counties in North Carolina

North Carolina results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until North Carolina certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. North Carolina's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.