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Randolph County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 66% of the U.S. Senate vote in Randolph County. The margin is 23.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 16 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Randolph County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
65.8%31,447
Roy Cooper
32.0%15,280
Shannon Bray
1.4%661
Michael Dublin
0.9%419
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Randolph 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, 9:56 AM.

16 local contests in Randolph County

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

Randolph County Board of Commissioners District 02

CandidateVotesShare
Darrell L. Frye R33,25870.3%
Robin A. Stevens D14,04729.7%

Darrell L. Frye ahead in Randolph County.

Randolph County Board of Commissioners District 03

CandidateVotesShare
David L. Allen R37,552100.0%

David L. Allen is unopposed.

Randolph County Board of Commissioners District 04

CandidateVotesShare
Duffy Johnson R37,315100.0%

Duffy Johnson is unopposed.

Randolph County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Pam Hill R38,162100.0%

Pam Hill is unopposed.

Randolph County Register of Deeds

CandidateVotesShare
Krista M. Lowe R38,052100.0%

Krista M. Lowe is unopposed.

Randolph County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Greg Seabolt R37,655100.0%

Greg Seabolt is unopposed.

Cities & towns

City of Trinity Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Richard McNabb1,20850.2%
Jeff Mullins78832.8%
Jack Carico38115.8%
Write-In271.1%

Richard McNabb ahead in Randolph County. Trinity's page.

City of Trinity City Council Ward 02

CandidateVotesShare
Eddie Eaton1,60967.9%
Ed Lohr74531.5%
Write-In140.6%

Eddie Eaton ahead in Randolph County. Trinity's page.

City of Trinity City Council Ward 04

CandidateVotesShare
Robbie Walker1,53164.4%
Lori C. Bass83635.1%
Write-In120.5%

Robbie Walker ahead in Randolph County. Trinity's page.

City of Archdale Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Lewis W. Dorsett2,94797.4%
Write-In782.6%

Lewis W. Dorsett is unopposed. Archdale's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Lewis W. Dorsett 3,044 (97.4%).

City of Archdale City Council At-Large

CandidateVotesShare
Kelly Grooms2,83198.2%
Write-In521.8%

Kelly Grooms is unopposed. Archdale's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Kelly Grooms 2,928 (98.2%).

City of Archdale City Council Ward 01

CandidateVotesShare
Herb Andrews2,85298.7%
Write-In391.3%

Herb Andrews is unopposed. Archdale's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Herb Andrews 2,946 (98.6%).

City of Archdale City Council Ward 04

CandidateVotesShare
John A. Glass2,02362.7%
Laura Heflin1,18636.8%
Write-In150.5%

John A. Glass ahead in Randolph County. Archdale's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: John A. Glass 2,066 (61.9%), Laura Heflin 1,254 (37.6%).

Schools

Asheboro City Schools Board of Education 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Mike Brown R3,80427.3%
Brad Thomas R3,77627.1%
Hilda DeCortez3,27823.5%
Mikayla Cassidy3,08622.1%

Mike Brown and Brad Thomas ahead in Randolph County.

Randolph County Schools Board of Education 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Shannon Craven Whitaker19,79724.5%
Fred Burgess18,94823.5%
Phillip Lanier15,97219.8%
Hollie Smith10,67213.2%
Eric Welch7,5829.4%
Ernie Thalasinos5,9507.4%
Write-In1,7382.2%

Shannon Craven Whitaker, Fred Burgess and Phillip Lanier ahead in Randolph County.

Districts

Randolph Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jason Austin26,75840.2%
Carrie Guess-Slatosky22,88534.4%
Kristina Hare16,28624.5%
Write-In5630.8%

Jason Austin and Carrie Guess-Slatosky ahead in Randolph County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +34.6R +57.6D +23.0
NC-09R +39.3R +57.6D +18.3

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 Randolph County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris21.0%Donald Trump78.1%R +57.176,025
2020Joe Biden21.3%Donald Trump77.6%R +56.373,302
2016Hillary Clinton20.4%Donald Trump76.5%R +56.164,575
2012Barack Obama24.3%Mitt Romney74.4%R +50.060,715
2008Barack Obama28.2%John McCain70.5%R +42.358,147
2004John Kerry25.5%George W. Bush74.2%R +48.750,910
2000Al Gore26.6%George W. Bush72.5%R +45.942,696

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 +11.2.

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.