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Rockingham County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 56% of the U.S. Senate vote in Rockingham County. The margin is 21.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Rockingham County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
55.7%19,129
Roy Cooper
41.4%14,218
Shannon Bray
1.9%663
Michael Dublin
1.0%342
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Rockingham 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, 10:03 AM.

5 local contests in Rockingham County

County offices, school boards and districts on Rockingham 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

Rockingham County Board of Commissioners 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Greg Ziglar R19,75941.6%
Kevin Suthard R18,80139.6%
R. Michael Jordan L8,96618.9%

Greg Ziglar and Kevin Suthard ahead in Rockingham County.

Rockingham County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Abner M. Bullins R24,862100.0%

Abner M. Bullins is unopposed.

Rockingham County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Billy Parker R17,55151.0%
Franklin Moore D10,94831.8%
Ryan Boone Young5,88817.1%

Billy Parker ahead in Rockingham County.

Schools

Rockingham County Board of Education At-Large 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Philip Butler R19,63024.8%
Kimberly McMichael R19,36124.4%
Kimberley Thompson-Hairston R18,06722.8%
Trina Jones D12,10215.3%
Hamid Kamara D10,07812.7%

Philip Butler, Kimberly McMichael and Kimberley Thompson-Hairston ahead in Rockingham County.

Districts

Rockingham Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Shoulars20,60250.0%
Walter H. Moore III19,98748.5%
Scott Strader80.0%
Salvador Tejeda70.0%
Facio Visaya50.0%
Kevin Dixon50.0%
Write-In6291.5%

Scott Shoulars and Walter H. Moore III ahead in Rockingham County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +14.7R +36.2D +21.4
NC-05R +22.6R +36.2D +13.6

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 Rockingham County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.6%Donald Trump67.4%R +35.849,606
2020Joe Biden33.5%Donald Trump65.5%R +32.047,808
2016Hillary Clinton33.7%Donald Trump63.5%R +29.842,278
2012Barack Obama38.9%Mitt Romney60.0%R +21.142,020
2008Barack Obama41.5%John McCain57.4%R +16.041,612
2004John Kerry38.6%George W. Bush61.1%R +22.537,388
2000Al Gore40.8%George W. Bush58.3%R +17.632,528

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 +18.2.

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.