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Forsyth County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 67% of the U.S. Senate vote in Forsyth County. The margin is 23.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Forsyth County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 11 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Forsyth County

U.S. Senate

Roy Cooper
66.7%102,553
Michael Whatley
31.1%47,781
Shannon Bray
1.4%2,100
Michael Dublin
0.9%1,344
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

U.S. House: North Carolina 6th District

Cyril Jefferson
54.1%24,671
Addison McDowell
45.9%20,926
100% counted

Only part of Forsyth County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Cyril Jefferson wins. Called.

U.S. House: North Carolina 10th District

Ashley Bell
68.1%73,168
Patrick Harrigan
30.1%32,365
Steven Feldman
1.8%1,897
100% counted

Only part of Forsyth County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Patrick Harrigan leads.

The leader in Forsyth 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, 2:27 PM.

11 local contests in Forsyth County

County offices, city and town races, school boards and districts on Forsyth 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

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners At-Large

CandidateVotesShare
Dan Besse D99,01965.3%
Terri Mrazek R52,54434.7%

Dan Besse ahead in Forsyth County.

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tonya McDaniel D27,09245.0%
Mali Woodbury D27,04644.9%
Contessa Smith R6,06710.1%

Tonya McDaniel and Mali Woodbury ahead in Forsyth County.

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District B

CandidateVotesShare
Marsie West D65,41057.4%
Chris Parker R48,46642.6%

Marsie West ahead in Forsyth County.

Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Kevin Edwards D107,138100.0%

Kevin Edwards is unopposed.

Forsyth County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Bobby F. Kimbrough D117,33177.9%
Ernie Leyba R33,30422.1%

Bobby F. Kimbrough ahead in Forsyth County.

Cities & towns

Town of Rural Hall Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Susan Hawks Gordon55851.8%
Terry M. Bennett R37434.7%
Sebastian Jimenez-Barreras13712.7%
Write-In80.7%

Susan Hawks Gordon ahead in Forsyth County. Rural Hall's page.

Town of Rural Hall Town Council 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Amanda Johnson-Anthony D58837.0%
Michael Woodcock45928.9%
Mark Lane R45628.7%
Charles H. Cession754.7%
Write-In120.8%

Amanda Johnson-Anthony and Michael Woodcock ahead in Forsyth County. Rural Hall's page.

Schools

Forsyth County Board of Education At-Large 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Valerie Brockenbrough D91,87724.5%
Elisabeth Motsinger D90,60624.2%
Ronda Mays D90,28924.1%
Michael Quinones R52,86414.1%
Jason Lucero R49,43513.2%

Valerie Brockenbrough, Elisabeth Motsinger and Ronda Mays ahead in Forsyth County.

Forsyth County Board of Education District 01 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Trevonia Brown-Gaither D27,13346.4%
Alex B. Bohannon D25,70443.9%
Mike Klinetobe R5,6649.7%

Trevonia Brown-Gaither and Alex B. Bohannon ahead in Forsyth County.

Forsyth County Board of Education District 02 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Lee Childress D60,78614.4%
Susan Conway D60,55214.3%
Curtis Fentress D59,55514.1%
Marie Jackson D59,21914.0%
Robert Weiss R47,18011.2%
Allen Daniel R46,64111.0%
Robert Barr R45,20710.7%
Jill Nelson Berlin R43,87310.4%

Lee Childress, Susan Conway, Curtis Fentress and Marie Jackson ahead in Forsyth County.

Districts

Forsyth Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Betsy Johnson71,67738.4%
Toby Bost45,09824.2%
Mark D. Apple39,54721.2%
Andrew Kepins15,0708.1%
Salvet Kalu12,5906.7%
Amanda Johnson-Anthony240.0%
Robert Dickerson200.0%
Tyler Sparks180.0%
Bud Palmer140.0%
Lei Zhang120.0%
Rick Bottoms70.0%
Gabriel St. John60.0%
Carter Smith50.0%
John Renslow50.0%
Wes Neal50.0%
Write-In2,5991.4%

Betsy Johnson and Toby Bost ahead in Forsyth County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateD +36.4D +13.3D +23.1
NC-06 part of the countyD +8.2R +10.7D +19.0
NC-10 part of the countyD +38.7D +23.8D +14.9

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 Forsyth County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris55.7%Donald Trump42.7%D +13.0203,335
2020Joe Biden56.2%Donald Trump42.3%D +13.9201,315
2016Hillary Clinton53.0%Donald Trump42.6%D +10.4178,312
2012Barack Obama53.0%Mitt Romney45.8%D +7.2174,069
2008Barack Obama54.8%John McCain44.3%D +10.5166,133
2004John Kerry45.5%George W. Bush54.1%R +8.6139,125
2000Al Gore43.4%George W. Bush56.0%R +12.6120,942

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 D +25.6.

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.