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Yancey County, North Carolina

2026 election results. Michael Whatley (R) got 52% of the U.S. Senate vote in Yancey County. The margin is 28.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Yancey County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
51.7%4,321
Roy Cooper
45.2%3,779
Shannon Bray
1.8%149
Michael Dublin
1.3%111
100% counted

Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

The leader in Yancey 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.

5 local contests in Yancey County

County offices, school boards and districts on Yancey 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

Yancey County Board of Commissioners 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
David Grindstaff R3,99016.9%
Stacey McEntyre Greene R3,88816.4%
Amber Westall Briggs D3,75415.9%
Sandi Norton R3,73315.8%
Landon Beaver D3,52514.9%
Carol Golightly D3,04212.9%
Nute Nicholson1,7257.3%

David Grindstaff, Stacey McEntyre Greene and Amber Westall Briggs ahead in Yancey County.

Yancey County Clerk of Superior Court

CandidateVotesShare
John Robinson R5,965100.0%

John Robinson is unopposed.

Yancey County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Shane Hilliard R6,305100.0%

Shane Hilliard is unopposed.

Schools

Yancey County Board of Education 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Ronald Randolph D4,11326.1%
Lavenia Peterson Burnette D4,09826.0%
Gretchen England Banks R3,99325.3%
Wade Dahlberg, Jr. R3,54922.5%

Ronald Randolph and Lavenia Peterson Burnette ahead in Yancey County.

Districts

Yancey Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Keith Boone5,58151.1%
Jim Edwards5,19247.6%
Write-In1441.3%

Keith Boone and Jim Edwards are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NC SenateR +6.7R +34.8D +28.1
NC-11R +2.8R +34.8D +32.0

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 Yancey County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.2%Donald Trump66.6%R +34.311,287
2020Joe Biden32.5%Donald Trump66.2%R +33.711,354
2016Hillary Clinton32.1%Donald Trump64.1%R +32.09,960
2012Barack Obama42.1%Mitt Romney55.8%R +13.79,451
2008Barack Obama46.2%John McCain51.9%R +5.89,717
2004John Kerry47.0%George W. Bush52.4%R +5.49,431
2000Al Gore42.4%George W. Bush56.7%R +14.38,764

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 +20.0.

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.