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Halifax County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 66% of the U.S. Senate vote in Halifax County. The margin is 15.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Halifax County

U.S. Senate

Roy Cooper
65.6%11,648
Michael Whatley
32.8%5,827
Shannon Bray
1.0%180
Michael Dublin
0.6%112
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Halifax 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, 3:26 PM.

5 local contests in Halifax County

County offices, school boards and districts on Halifax 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

Halifax County Board of Commissioners At-Large 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Vernon J. Bryant D10,80423.6%
Chenoa Richardson Davis D9,98621.9%
Tyus S. Few D9,40920.6%
Chuck Hasty R6,30413.8%
Sammy Davis Webb R5,34611.7%
John Whichard R3,8358.4%

Vernon J. Bryant, Chenoa Richardson Davis and Tyus S. Few ahead in Halifax County.

Halifax County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Kidd D14,032100.0%

Chris Kidd is unopposed.

Halifax County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Tyree Davis D13,39176.1%
Tracy Story4,19923.9%

Tyree Davis ahead in Halifax County.

Schools

Weldon City Schools Board of Education 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tanya Byrd-Robinson1,34420.4%
Tiffany L. Hale1,07916.4%
Stephanie Tillery98515.0%
O.D. Sykes96014.6%
Edith Jenkins91513.9%
Travis Terril Green4987.6%
Write-In80312.2%

Tanya Byrd-Robinson, Tiffany L. Hale, Stephanie Tillery and O.D. Sykes ahead in Halifax County.

Districts

Halifax - Fishing Creek Soil and Water Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
James Wayne Short II8,51750.1%
Frederick Dunn8,26648.6%
Write-In2181.3%

James Wayne Short II and Frederick Dunn are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateD +33.3D +17.8D +15.5
NC-01D +33.5D +17.3D +16.2

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 Halifax County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris58.5%Donald Trump40.8%D +17.723,970
2020Joe Biden60.4%Donald Trump39.1%D +21.225,750
2016Hillary Clinton62.6%Donald Trump35.9%D +26.725,167
2012Barack Obama65.9%Mitt Romney33.6%D +32.326,079
2008Barack Obama64.0%John McCain35.7%D +28.225,091
2004John Kerry58.7%George W. Bush41.2%D +17.519,647
2000Al Gore60.2%George W. Bush39.5%D +20.816,970

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 +3.1.

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.