U.S. Senate
Roy Cooper
53.6%10,533
Michael Whatley
44.6%8,766
Shannon Bray
1.1%217
Michael Dublin
0.7%146
Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.
Lenoir County, North Carolina
2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 54% of the U.S. Senate vote in Lenoir County. The margin is 16.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.
2026 results in Lenoir County
U.S. House: North Carolina 3rd District
Raymond Smith
49.9%9,798
Gregory Murphy
49.2%9,672
Daniel Cavender
0.9%175
Whole district: not called; Raymond Smith leads.
The leader in Lenoir 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, 10:44 AM.
10 local contests in Lenoir County
County offices, school boards, local measures and districts on Lenoir 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
Lenoir County Board of Commissioners District 01
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J. Mac Daughety R | 2,971 | 100.0% |
J. Mac Daughety is unopposed.
Lenoir County Board of Commissioners District 02
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BJ Murphy R | 2,940 | 100.0% |
BJ Murphy is unopposed.
Lenoir County Board of Commissioners District 05
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Lovick D | 2,629 | 100.0% |
Cleveland Lovick is unopposed.
Lenoir County Clerk of Superior Court
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mary G. Alphin R | 11,951 | 100.0% |
Mary G. Alphin is unopposed.
Lenoir County Sheriff
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jackie Rogers R | 12,460 | 100.0% |
Jackie Rogers is unopposed.
Schools
Lenoir County Board of Education District 01
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Davis R | 2,919 | 100.0% |
Billy Davis is unopposed.
Lenoir County Board of Education District 02
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| John Wiggins R | 2,469 | 59.0% |
| Merwyn K. Smith D | 1,713 | 41.0% |
John Wiggins ahead in Lenoir County.
Lenoir County Board of Education District 05
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| W. D. Anderson D | 2,617 | 100.0% |
W. D. Anderson is unopposed.
Local measures
Town of Grifton Mixed Beverage Election
| Choice | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| For | 20 | 71.4% |
| Against | 8 | 28.6% |
For ahead with 71.4% in Lenoir County. Grifton's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: For 486 (61.0%), Against 311 (39.0%).
Districts
Lenoir Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Rouse | 10,859 | 55.2% |
| Taylor Best | 8,551 | 43.5% |
| Write-In | 263 | 1.3% |
Mark Rouse and Taylor Best are unopposed.
North Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:05 PM. Unofficial until certified.
Compared with 2024
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 Lenoir County has voted for president
| Year | Democrat | Share | Republican | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris | 46.2% | Donald Trump | 52.9% | R +6.8 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 47.9% | Donald Trump | 51.4% | R +3.5 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | 47.1% | Donald Trump | 50.8% | R +3.7 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 49.7% | Mitt Romney | 49.8% | R +0.1 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 49.7% | John McCain | 49.8% | R +0.1 |
| 2004 | John Kerry | 44.0% | George W. Bush | 55.8% | R +11.8 |
| 2000 | Al Gore | 45.0% | George W. Bush | 54.4% | R +9.4 |
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 +2.6.
Other counties in North Carolina
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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.