2026 results · North Carolina · county

Carteret County, North Carolina

Whatley carried Carteret County by 28.1 points in the Senate race, 15.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+43.1). 2 races have votes counted here.

Carteret County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 35,259; 77% of the 45,693 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+28.1
2024 president: R+43.1
Shift from 2024: 15.0 pts → D
In North Carolina: 85th of 100; The 85th best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 17th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state
34.6% Roy Cooper62.7% Michael Whatley
R+28.135,259 votes
15.0 pts → D2024 R+43.1

The House

North Carolina 1st DistrictCarteret County's part of the district · Don Davis won · D+3.4 across the district
33.3% Don Davis62.6% Laurie Buckhout
R+29.335,080 votes
13.2 pts → D2024 R+42.5

Also in this county: NC-03, with no votes counted in this county's part. Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.