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Richmond County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 50% of the U.S. Senate vote in Richmond County. The margin is 22.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Richmond County

U.S. Senate

Roy Cooper
49.7%6,707
Michael Whatley
47.9%6,458
Michael Dublin
1.2%166
Shannon Bray
1.2%164
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Richmond 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.

4 local contests in Richmond County

County offices and districts on Richmond 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

Richmond County Board of Commissioners 4 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Justin Dawkins R6,64915.7%
Terry Lewis R6,64515.7%
Cameron Wright D6,46415.3%
Laverne Schultz R6,35915.0%
Jason R. Gainey R6,18714.6%
Linda S. Ross D5,89713.9%
Michael Legrand4,1049.7%

Justin Dawkins, Terry Lewis, Cameron Wright and Laverne Schultz ahead in Richmond County.

Richmond County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Vickie Daniel D10,344100.0%

Vickie Daniel is unopposed.

Richmond County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Mark B. Gulledge R7,56255.7%
Tahid Rucker D6,00444.3%

Mark B. Gulledge ahead in Richmond County.

Districts

Richmond Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Johnny McInnis9,16251.7%
Kenneth J. Hill8,24646.6%
Write-In2971.7%

Johnny McInnis and Kenneth J. Hill are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateD +1.9R +21.0D +22.9
NC-08R +4.8R +21.0D +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 Richmond County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.2%Donald Trump60.0%R +20.819,877
2020Joe Biden42.2%Donald Trump57.0%R +14.820,762
2016Hillary Clinton44.0%Donald Trump53.7%R +9.719,328
2012Barack Obama51.0%Mitt Romney48.1%D +2.919,417
2008Barack Obama50.3%John McCain48.8%D +1.519,327
2004John Kerry51.9%George W. Bush47.7%D +4.216,145
2000Al Gore55.6%George W. Bush43.9%D +11.714,269

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 +32.6.

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.