2026 results · North Carolina · county

Wayne County, North Carolina

Cooper carried Wayne County by 3.0 points in the Senate race, 19.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+16.4). 2 races have votes counted here.

Wayne County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 38,810; 71% of the 54,667 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: D+3.0
2024 president: R+16.4
Shift from 2024: 19.4 pts → D
In North Carolina: 39th of 100; The 39th best county for Cooper of the 100 counted; 67th for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

North Carolina SenateRoy Cooper won · D+19.7 across the state
50.6% Roy Cooper47.6% Michael Whatley
D+3.038,810 votes
19.4 pts → D2024 R+16.4

The House

North Carolina 3rd DistrictWayne County's part of the district · still counting · D+0.1 across the district
48.2% Raymond Smith50.7% Greg Murphy
R+2.538,765 votes
13.8 pts → D2024 R+16.3

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.