2026 results · North Carolina · county

Orange County, North Carolina

Cooper carried Orange County by 68.0 points in the Senate race, 16.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (D+51.1). 2 races have votes counted here.

Orange County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 72,331; 83% of the 87,426 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: D+68.0
2024 president: D+51.1
Shift from 2024: 16.9 pts → D
In North Carolina: 2nd of 100; The 2nd best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 3rd for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state
83.2% Roy Cooper15.2% Michael Whatley
D+68.072,331 votes
16.9 pts → D2024 D+51.1

The House

North Carolina 4th DistrictOrange County's part of the district · Valerie P. Foushee won · D+60.2 across the district
81.7% Valerie P. Foushee16.3% Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar
D+65.471,846 votes
14.1 pts → D2024 D+51.2

Also in this county: NC-09, 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.