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Caldwell County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 64% of the U.S. Senate vote in Caldwell County. The margin is 21.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Caldwell County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
64.0%17,545
Roy Cooper
33.1%9,060
Shannon Bray
2.0%540
Michael Dublin
1.0%266
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Caldwell 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, 10:11 AM.

5 local contests in Caldwell County

County offices, school boards and districts on Caldwell 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

Caldwell County Board of Commissioners 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Mike LaBrose R16,45034.0%
Corey Moore R15,30531.6%
Roger Patterson D7,84816.2%
Faith Naff D7,48015.5%
Kenneth Johnson7591.6%
Write-In5191.1%

Mike LaBrose and Corey Moore ahead in Caldwell County.

Caldwell County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Angela Ashley Kidd R20,395100.0%

Angela Ashley Kidd is unopposed.

Caldwell County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Kevin H. Bean R20,868100.0%

Kevin H. Bean is unopposed.

Schools

Caldwell County Board of Education 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Teresa Branch R17,64626.0%
Joe Sims R17,02825.1%
William Fore R16,69824.6%
Lesa Bolick Widener R16,54224.4%

Teresa Branch, Joe Sims, William Fore and Lesa Bolick Widener are unopposed.

Districts

Caldwell Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Noah James Starnes16,35249.8%
Ed Spivey15,94648.6%
Kenneth Johnson90.0%
Aaron Franks60.0%
Write-In5111.6%

Noah James Starnes and Ed Spivey ahead in Caldwell County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +31.9R +53.0D +21.1
NC-05R +35.3R +53.0D +17.7

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 Caldwell County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris23.3%Donald Trump75.8%R +52.543,549
2020Joe Biden23.9%Donald Trump75.0%R +51.142,830
2016Hillary Clinton23.2%Donald Trump73.3%R +50.136,320
2012Barack Obama31.4%Mitt Romney66.9%R +35.534,732
2008Barack Obama34.4%John McCain64.1%R +29.735,155
2004John Kerry31.9%George W. Bush67.6%R +35.731,348
2000Al Gore32.9%George W. Bush66.4%R +33.526,115

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 +19.0.

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.