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Stokes County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 66% of the U.S. Senate vote in Stokes County. The margin is 22.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Stokes County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
66.4%11,624
Roy Cooper
30.3%5,298
Shannon Bray
2.2%384
Michael Dublin
1.2%206
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Stokes 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, 10:57 AM.

5 local contests in Stokes County

County offices, school boards and districts on Stokes 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

Stokes County Board of Commissioners 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Mike Marshall R12,85031.0%
Josh Bohannon R11,83528.6%
Ronnie Mendenhall R11,61228.0%
R.A. Reaves D5,14512.4%

Mike Marshall, Josh Bohannon and Ronnie Mendenhall ahead in Stokes County.

Stokes County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Brad Lankford R12,17869.9%
Kathy Kiser Shinault D5,23630.1%

Brad Lankford ahead in Stokes County.

Stokes County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Joey Lemons R14,825100.0%

Joey Lemons is unopposed.

Schools

Stokes County Board of Education 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Thomas Sands R11,37447.1%
John Turpin R10,74944.5%
Aaron Flinchum1,7747.3%
Write-In2511.0%

Thomas Sands and John Turpin ahead in Stokes County.

Districts

Stokes Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jonathan Young8,41131.3%
Johnny East7,41327.6%
Joe Bennett6,53024.3%
Joshua Francis4,22315.7%
Aaron Flinchum110.0%
Write-In2540.9%

Jonathan Young and Johnny East ahead in Stokes County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +37.4R +60.0D +22.7
NC-05R +45.7R +60.1D +14.3

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 Stokes County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris19.8%Donald Trump79.3%R +59.527,181
2020Joe Biden20.6%Donald Trump78.4%R +57.825,708
2016Hillary Clinton20.7%Donald Trump75.9%R +55.222,550
2012Barack Obama27.8%Mitt Romney70.5%R +42.621,619
2008Barack Obama31.6%John McCain66.6%R +35.021,743
2004John Kerry29.7%George W. Bush70.0%R +40.319,414
2000Al Gore29.3%George W. Bush70.0%R +40.717,182

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 +18.8.

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.