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Swain County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 49% of the U.S. Senate vote in Swain County. The margin is 23.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Swain County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
48.7%2,509
Roy Cooper
48.0%2,473
Shannon Bray
1.9%98
Michael Dublin
1.4%72
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Swain 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 10, 5:01 PM.

7 local contests in Swain County

County offices, school boards and districts on Swain 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

Swain County Board of Commissioners Chairman

CandidateVotesShare
Robert Brown R2,05640.1%
Jeramy Shuler D1,74834.1%
Fred Crawford1,32025.8%

Robert Brown ahead in Swain County.

Swain County Board of Commissioners Members 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jason Kirkland R2,52426.9%
Lisa Stevenson Barker R2,20823.6%
Erika Smith D1,96721.0%
Chris Reed D1,66017.7%
Cynthia Womble1,00910.8%

Jason Kirkland and Lisa Stevenson Barker ahead in Swain County.

Swain County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Allyson Barnes R3,477100.0%

Allyson Barnes is unopposed.

Swain County Register of Deeds

CandidateVotesShare
Diana Kirkland D3,482100.0%

Diana Kirkland is unopposed.

Swain County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Brian E. Kirkland R3,36165.2%
David Southards D1,79034.8%

Brian E. Kirkland ahead in Swain County.

Schools

Swain County Board of Education 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Lisa Loftis R2,45526.3%
Brandy Monteith D2,32825.0%
Jason Lambert R2,31524.8%
Dannie Shuler D2,22123.8%

Lisa Loftis and Brandy Monteith ahead in Swain County.

Districts

Swain Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
William Dills3,03652.2%
Alan C. Cochran2,67746.1%
Write-In1001.7%

William Dills and Alan C. Cochran are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +0.7R +24.0D +23.3
NC-11D +3.7R +24.0D +27.7

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 Swain County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.5%Donald Trump61.1%R +23.67,054
2020Joe Biden39.3%Donald Trump58.9%R +19.57,072
2016Hillary Clinton35.9%Donald Trump58.2%R +22.46,124
2012Barack Obama45.7%Mitt Romney52.0%R +6.25,728
2008Barack Obama48.4%John McCain50.0%R +1.65,798
2004John Kerry48.0%George W. Bush51.4%R +3.45,044
2000Al Gore48.0%George W. Bush50.9%R +2.94,370

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 +20.7.

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.