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North Carolina state executive official elections, 2024
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| North Carolina state executive official elections |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: December 15, 2023 |
| Primary: March 5, 2024 Primary runoff: May 14, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in North Carolina |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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Ten state executive offices were up for election in North Carolina in 2024:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Auditor
Treasurer
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Labor Commissioner
Insurance Commissioner
Agriculture Commission
Governor
General election candidates
- Josh Stein (Democratic Party) ✔
- Mark K. Robinson (Republican Party)
- Vinny Smith (Constitution Party)
- Wayne Turner (Green Party)
- Mike Ross (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Donte McCorey Sr. (Independent) (Write-in)
- Gordon Ward (Independent) (Write-in)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Minor Party primary candidates
Green Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Libertarian Party
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Lieutenant Governor
General election candidates
- Rachel Hunt (Democratic Party) ✔
- Hal Weatherman (Republican Party)
- Wayne Jones (Constitution Party)
- Shannon Bray (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Dee Watson (Libertarian Party)
- Jason Nicholson (Independent) (Write-in)
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Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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- Deanna Ballard
- Peter Boykin
- Rivera Douthit
- Jeffrey Elmore
- Marlenis Hernandez Novoa
- Allen Mashburn
- Jim O'Neill ✔
- Sam Page
- Ernest Reeves
- Hal Weatherman ✔
- Seth Woodall
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Attorney General
General election candidates
- Jeff Jackson (Democratic Party) ✔
- Dan Bishop (Republican Party)
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Did not make the ballot:
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This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
Secretary of State
General election candidates
- Elaine Marshall (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Chad Brown (Republican Party)
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This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Elaine Marshall (Incumbent) ✔
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Did not make the ballot:
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Auditor
General election candidates
- Jessica Holmes (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Dave Boliek (Republican Party) ✔
- Bob Drach (Libertarian Party)
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This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Jessica Holmes (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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Treasurer
General election candidates
- Wesley Harris (Democratic Party)
- Brad Briner (Republican Party) ✔
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Did not make the ballot:
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
General election candidates
- Mo Green (Democratic Party) ✔
- Michele Morrow (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- James Carter (Independent) (Write-in)
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- Catherine Truitt (Incumbent)
- Michele Morrow ✔
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Insurance Commissioner
General election candidates
- Mike Causey (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Natasha Marcus (Democratic Party)
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- Mike Causey (Incumbent) ✔
- C. Robert Brawley
- Andrew Marcus
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Agriculture Commission
General election candidates
- Steve Troxler (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Sarah Taber (Democratic Party)
- Sean Haugh (Libertarian Party)
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This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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- Steve Troxler (Incumbent) ✔
- Colby Hammonds
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Labor Commissioner
General election candidates
- Braxton Winston II (Democratic Party)
- Luke Farley (Republican Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- Ben Moss (Republican Party)
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This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Context of the 2024 elections
Party control in North Carolina
North Carolina Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Past elections
2020
The following offices were up for election in 2020:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Auditor
Commissioner of Agriculture
Commissioner of Labor
Commissioner of Insurance
See also
| North Carolina | State Executive Elections | News and Analysis |
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Footnotes
