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Graham County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 71% of the U.S. Senate vote in Graham County. The margin is 19.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Graham County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
70.6%2,596
Roy Cooper
26.6%979
Shannon Bray
1.8%66
Michael Dublin
1.0%38
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Graham 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, 9:01 AM.

6 local contests in Graham County

County offices, school boards and districts on Graham 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

Graham County Board of Commissioners 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Natasha Williams R2,24734.7%
Brian Johnson R2,19834.0%
Jacob Nelms R2,02931.3%

Natasha Williams, Brian Johnson and Jacob Nelms are unopposed.

Graham County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Tammy H. Holloway D2,44165.1%
William-Wayne Adams R1,16431.0%
Rhae Lynne Millsaps1463.9%

Tammy H. Holloway ahead in Graham County.

Graham County Register of Deeds

CandidateVotesShare
Kimberly Trull LeQuire R3,049100.0%

Kimberly Trull LeQuire is unopposed.

Graham County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Caleb Stiles R2,31861.6%
Russell Moody99326.4%
Reba Louanne Jenkins McMahan D45512.1%
Write-In00.0%

Caleb Stiles ahead in Graham County.

Schools

Graham County Board of Education 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Clark Carringer R2,33950.7%
Andy Lynn R2,27349.3%

Clark Carringer and Andy Lynn are unopposed.

Districts

Graham Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
John D. Lovin2,37958.5%
Dave Thiessen1,62339.9%
Write-In671.6%

John D. Lovin and Dave Thiessen are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +45.2R +64.5D +19.2
NC-11R +41.6R +64.5D +22.9

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 Graham County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.6%Donald Trump81.2%R +63.74,780
2020Joe Biden19.4%Donald Trump79.5%R +60.14,665
2016Hillary Clinton18.4%Donald Trump78.8%R +60.34,168
2012Barack Obama28.4%Mitt Romney69.7%R +41.33,947
2008Barack Obama30.3%John McCain67.7%R +37.44,171
2004John Kerry31.9%George W. Bush67.5%R +35.63,987
2000Al Gore29.9%George W. Bush68.6%R +38.63,361

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 +25.1.

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.