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Jackson County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 57% of the U.S. Senate vote in Jackson County. The margin is 27.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Jackson County

U.S. Senate

Roy Cooper
57.1%9,227
Michael Whatley
39.7%6,410
Shannon Bray
1.6%265
Michael Dublin
1.6%259
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Jackson 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.

10 local contests in Jackson County

County offices, school boards and districts on Jackson 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

Jackson County Board of Commissioners Chairman

CandidateVotesShare
Marcia Almond D9,05456.4%
David J. Rogers R6,99643.6%

Marcia Almond ahead in Jackson County.

Jackson County Board of Commissioners District 01

CandidateVotesShare
Casey Walawender D8,95255.8%
Steven J. Sutton R7,08544.2%

Casey Walawender ahead in Jackson County.

Jackson County Board of Commissioners District 02

CandidateVotesShare
Sean Bridgers D9,24857.7%
John W. Smith R6,78242.3%

Sean Bridgers ahead in Jackson County.

Jackson County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Kim Coggins Poteet D9,57559.7%
Rollie L. James R6,46840.3%

Kim Coggins Poteet ahead in Jackson County.

Jackson County Register of Deeds

CandidateVotesShare
Shandra Sims D11,683100.0%

Shandra Sims is unopposed.

Jackson County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Doug Farmer R10,379100.0%

Doug Farmer is unopposed.

Schools

Jackson County Board of Education District 02

CandidateVotesShare
Abigail Blakley Clayton11,21596.6%
Natalie Norman50.0%
Write-In3863.3%

Abigail Blakley Clayton ahead in Jackson County.

Jackson County Board of Education District 04

CandidateVotesShare
Kim Moore9,39081.4%
Emily Virtue1,96017.0%
Write-In1891.6%

Kim Moore ahead in Jackson County.

Jackson County Board of Education District 05

CandidateVotesShare
Amanda C. Woods7,14163.5%
Sandy Jennings3,96535.3%
Write-In1321.2%

Amanda C. Woods ahead in Jackson County.

Districts

Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Lisa Kelly7,09532.1%
John Wittekind6,18227.9%
Doug Parker5,99027.1%
David Ivey2,76212.5%
Write-In1030.5%

Lisa Kelly and John Wittekind ahead in Jackson County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateD +18.0R +9.5D +27.5
NC-11D +19.9R +9.5D +29.4

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 Jackson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris44.4%Donald Trump53.8%R +9.321,947
2020Joe Biden44.8%Donald Trump53.0%R +8.221,430
2016Hillary Clinton41.2%Donald Trump52.7%R +11.518,713
2012Barack Obama48.5%Mitt Romney49.4%R +1.016,701
2008Barack Obama52.0%John McCain46.6%D +5.416,866
2004John Kerry47.5%George W. Bush51.9%R +4.314,174
2000Al Gore47.2%George W. Bush51.5%R +4.212,121

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 +5.1.

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.