2026 results · North Carolina · county

Dare County, North Carolina

Whatley carried Dare County by 1.2 points in the Senate race, 17.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+18.8). 2 races have votes counted here.

Dare County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 19,167; 76% of the 25,115 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+1.2
2024 president: R+18.8
Shift from 2024: 17.6 pts → D
In North Carolina: 47th of 100; The 47th best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 26th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state
48.1% Roy Cooper49.3% Michael Whatley
R+1.219,167 votes
17.6 pts → D2024 R+18.8

The House

North Carolina 1st DistrictDare County's part of the district · Don Davis won · D+3.4 across the district
46.3% Don Davis50.0% Laurie Buckhout
R+3.619,101 votes
15.1 pts → D2024 R+18.8

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.