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Transylvania County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Roy Cooper (D) got 54% of the U.S. Senate vote in Transylvania County. The margin is 22.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Transylvania County

U.S. Senate

Roy Cooper
53.6%8,726
Michael Whatley
43.7%7,105
Shannon Bray
1.6%265
Michael Dublin
1.0%170
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Transylvania 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, 10:11 AM.

5 local contests in Transylvania County

County offices, school boards and districts on Transylvania 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

Transylvania County Board of Commissioners 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Owen Carson D8,36427.7%
Bryan O'Neill D7,69025.4%
George C. Sutherland R7,16823.7%
Kevin Howell R7,01723.2%

Owen Carson and Bryan O'Neill ahead in Transylvania County.

Transylvania County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
Kristi B. Brown R10,006100.0%

Kristi B. Brown is unopposed.

Transylvania County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Chuck Owenby R10,518100.0%

Chuck Owenby is unopposed.

Schools

Transylvania County Board of Education 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
John Lanier D8,24527.0%
Bonnie Kelley D7,54824.8%
Chad Owen R7,43024.4%
Shanaia Powell R7,27023.8%

John Lanier and Bonnie Kelley ahead in Transylvania County.

Districts

Transylvania Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Aaron Siniard10,31550.4%
Bob Twomey10,02349.0%
Donna Owen Begley140.1%
Robert Hellrigel110.1%
Write-In1120.5%

Aaron Siniard and Bob Twomey ahead in Transylvania County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateD +10.2R +12.3D +22.6
NC-11D +11.1R +12.3D +23.5

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 Transylvania County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris43.2%Donald Trump55.3%R +12.120,785
2020Joe Biden41.4%Donald Trump57.0%R +15.620,406
2016Hillary Clinton36.7%Donald Trump58.9%R +22.217,869
2012Barack Obama40.7%Mitt Romney57.5%R +16.816,763
2008Barack Obama43.0%John McCain55.6%R +12.616,909
2004John Kerry39.1%George W. Bush60.2%R +21.115,588
2000Al Gore35.5%George W. Bush63.3%R +27.914,225

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 D +15.8.

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.