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Brunswick County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 52% of the U.S. Senate vote in Brunswick County. The margin is 18.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Brunswick County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
51.9%45,106
Roy Cooper
45.9%39,904
Shannon Bray
1.5%1,277
Michael Dublin
0.8%692
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Brunswick 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 13, 11:28 AM.

8 local contests in Brunswick County

County offices, school boards, local measures and districts on Brunswick 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

Brunswick County Board of Commissioners District 01

CandidateVotesShare
Randy Thompson R48,77956.6%
Gary Woods D37,39443.4%

Randy Thompson ahead in Brunswick County.

Brunswick County Board of Commissioners District 02

CandidateVotesShare
Patti Hewett R48,97656.9%
Sara Singer D37,03443.1%

Patti Hewett ahead in Brunswick County.

Brunswick County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Katie Madon R56,355100.0%

Katie Madon is unopposed.

Brunswick County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Brian M. Chism R58,064100.0%

Brian M. Chism is unopposed.

Schools

Brunswick County Board of Education District 03

CandidateVotesShare
Paige Morgan R49,04357.0%
Susanne Duncan D36,99743.0%

Paige Morgan ahead in Brunswick County.

Brunswick County Board of Education District 05

CandidateVotesShare
Steve Gainey R48,85956.9%
Brian D. Rupp D36,94543.1%

Steve Gainey ahead in Brunswick County.

Local measures

Brunswick County School Bonds Referendum

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes45,21154.9%
No37,07945.1%

Yes ahead with 54.9% in Brunswick County.

Districts

Brunswick Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Mike Barbee38,50438.4%
Jody E. Clemmons38,32538.2%
Anthony Street21,62621.6%
Robert Fulton2640.3%
Felicia Garland2510.3%
Danielle White770.1%
Josh Kirby670.1%
Write-In1,2291.2%

Mike Barbee and Jody E. Clemmons ahead in Brunswick County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +6.1R +25.0D +18.9
NC-07R +14.5R +25.0D +10.5

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 Brunswick County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.1%Donald Trump61.9%R +24.8109,402
2020Joe Biden36.9%Donald Trump61.9%R +25.090,175
2016Hillary Clinton34.1%Donald Trump62.5%R +28.468,351
2012Barack Obama38.4%Mitt Romney60.6%R +22.157,362
2008Barack Obama40.5%John McCain58.5%R +17.952,608
2004John Kerry39.2%George W. Bush60.4%R +21.137,977
2000Al Gore45.5%George W. Bush53.5%R +8.028,839

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 +16.8.

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.