2026 results · North Carolina · county

Wake County, North Carolina

Cooper carried Wake County by 47.3 points in the Senate race, 21.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (D+25.5). 4 races have votes counted here.

Wake County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 525,052; 81% of the 650,796 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: D+47.3
2024 president: D+25.5
Shift from 2024: 21.8 pts → D
In North Carolina: 4th of 100; The 4th best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 8th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state
72.7% Roy Cooper25.4% Michael Whatley
D+47.3525,052 votes
21.8 pts → D2024 D+25.5

The House

Wake County is split between 3 districts; each line is the county’s own part of that district.

North Carolina 2nd DistrictWake County's part of the district · Deborah K. Ross won · D+51.6 across the district
75.1% Deborah K. Ross23.4% Eugene F. Douglass
D+51.6328,256 votes
18.1 pts → D2024 D+33.5
North Carolina 4th DistrictWake County's part of the district · Valerie P. Foushee won · D+60.2 across the district
69.8% Valerie P. Foushee28.0% Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar
D+41.9109,765 votes
19.2 pts → D2024 D+22.7
North Carolina 13th DistrictWake County's part of the district · Paul Barringer won · D+2.5 across the district
55.8% Paul Barringer42.8% Brad Knott
D+13.084,760 votes
17.1 pts → D2024 R+4.0

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.