2026 results · North Carolina · county
Nash County, North Carolina
Cooper carried Nash County by 16.1 points in the Senate race, 17.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+1.8). 2 races have votes counted here.
- Votes counted, Senate
- 41,061
- 78% of the 52,364 votes for president in 2024
- 2026 margin
- D+16.1
- 2024 president
- R+1.8
- Shift from 2024
- 17.8 pts → D
- In North Carolina
- 25th of 100
- The 25th best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 12th for turnout against 2024.
Statewide races
- North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state57.3% Roy Cooper41.2% Michael WhatleyD+16.141,061 votes17.8 pts → D2024 R+1.8
The House
- North Carolina 1st DistrictNash County's part of the district · Don Davis won · D+3.4 across the district55.9% Don Davis41.6% Laurie BuckhoutD+14.440,952 votes16.4 pts → D2024 R+2.1
Also in this county: NC-13, 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.