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Date Type Results
Nov 05, 2024 General Election
  Jeff Jackson
2,874,960
51.43% 		  Dan Bishop
2,715,411
48.57%
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
  Josh Stein(I)
2,713,400
50.13% 		  James R. "Jim" O'Neill
2,699,777
49.87%
Nov 08, 2016 General Election
  Josh Stein
2,303,619
50.27% 		  E. S. "Buck" Newton III
2,279,006
49.73%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
  Roy Cooper(I)
2,828,941
100.00%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
  Roy Cooper(I)
2,538,178
61.10% 		  Robert "Bob" Crumley
1,615,762
38.90%
Nov 02, 2004 General Election
  Roy Cooper(I)
1,872,097
55.61% 		  Joe Knott
1,494,121
44.39%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
  Roy Cooper
1,446,793
51.21% 		  Dan Boyce
1,310,845
46.40% 		  Margaret A. Palms
67,536
2.39%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
  Mike Easley(I)
1,453,196
59.07% 		  Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.
1,007,027
40.93%
Nov 03, 1992 General Election
  Mike Easley
1,530,858
62.96% 		  Joseph W. Dean
900,573
37.04%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
  Lacy H. Thornburg(I)
1,142,777
56.30% 		  Samuel A. Wilson III
887,132
43.70%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
  Lacy H. Thornburg
1,114,767
54.77% 		  C. Allen Foster
920,665
45.23%
Nov 04, 1980 General Election
  Rufus L. Edmisten(I)
1,067,080
62.65% 		  Keith S. Snyder
636,168
37.35%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
  Rufus L. Edmisten(I)
1,066,036
68.55% 		  Edward L. Powell
489,132
31.45%
Nov 05, 1974 Special Election
  Rufus L. Edmisten
618,046
60.47% 		  James H. Carson Jr.(I)
390,626
38.22% 		  Marion R. Porter
13,318
1.30%
Aug 26, 1974 Appointment
  James H. Carson Jr.
1
100.00%
Jul 27, 1974 Special Election Primary
  Rufus L. Edmisten
161
35.94% 		  Herbert L. Hyde
92
20.54% 		  J. McNeill Smith Jr.
59
13.17% 		  C. Kitchin Josey
51
11.38% 		  Charles T. Kivett
28
6.25% 		  H. M. "Mickey" Michaux, Jr.
24
5.36% 		  Dennis J. Winner
17
3.79%
   Burley B. Mitchell Jr.
16
3.57%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
  Robert B. Morgan(I)
813,545
59.00% 		  Nicholas A. Smith
565,296
41.00%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
  Robert B. Morgan
798,160
56.43% 		  Warren H. Coolidge
616,372
43.57%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
  T. Wade Bruton(I)
792,902
61.00% 		  T. Worth Coltrane
506,878
39.00%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
  T. Wade Bruton(I)
777,863
60.67% 		  Donald L. Paschal
504,280
39.33%
Mar 01, 1960 Appointment
  T. Wade Bruton
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1958 Special Election
  Malcolm B. Seawell(I)
436,251
99.85% 		  I. Beverly Lake (W)
660
0.15%
Apr 15, 1958 Appointment
  Malcolm B. Seawell
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
  George B. Patton(I)
730,753
66.43% 		  Clarence E. Hyde
369,285
33.57%
Aug 21, 1956 Appointment
  George B. Patton
1
100.00%
Jul 01, 1955 Appointment
  William B. Rodman Jr.
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
  Harry McMullan(I)
780,095
67.71% 		  Avalon E. Hall
371,980
32.29%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
  Harry McMullan(I)
538,996
71.67% 		  Herbert F. "Chub" Seawell Jr.
209,443
27.85% 		  C. O. Pearson
3,567
0.47%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
  Harry McMullan(I)
520,002
69.70% 		  Samuel J. Morris
226,046
30.30%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
  Harry McMullan(I)
597,846
75.61% 		  W. Carl Downing
192,883
24.39%
Nov 08, 1938 Special Election
  Harry McMullan(I)
317,688
100.00%
May 03, 1938 Appointment
  Harry McMullan
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
  Aaron A.F. Seawell(I)
560,741
71.12% 		  Fred D. Hamrick
227,706
28.88%
Jan 15, 1935 Appointment
  Aaron A.F. Seawell
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
  Dennis G. Brummitt(I)
494,382
70.55% 		  H. Sinclair Williams
206,412
29.45%
Nov 08, 1928 General Election
  Dennis G. Brummitt(I)
361,122
55.55% 		  John R. McRary
288,943
44.45%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
  Dennis G. Brummitt
294,920
61.51% 		  Garrett D. Bailey
184,550
38.49%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
  James S. Manning(I)
310,228
57.51% 		  Herbert F. Seawell
229,031
42.46% 		  J.H. Nance
164
0.03%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
  James S. Manning
167,312
58.21% 		  John J. Parker
120,121
41.79% 		  J.H. Nance
0
0.00%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
  Thomas W. Bickett(I)
150,069
61.52% 		  John R. McRary
51,382
21.07% 		  David H. Blair
42,466
17.41% 		  W.G. Gregson
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
  Thomas W. Bickett
144,955
57.33% 		  Jacob F. Newell
107,872
42.67%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
  Robert D. Gilmer(I)
128,983
61.89% 		  W.H. Yarborough Jr.
79,436
38.11%
Nov 24, 1900 Appointment
  Robert D. Douglas
1
100.00%
Aug 02, 1900 General Election
  Robert D. Gilmer
186,328
59.56% 		  Zebulon V. Walser(I)
126,519
40.44%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
  Zebulon V. Walser
182,045
55.48% 		  Frank I. Osborne(I)
145,874
44.46% 		  Yancey H. Cox
187
0.06% 		  Write-In (W)
5
0.00%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
  Frank I. Osborne
129,411
48.68% 		  Thomas R. Purnell
89,917
33.82% 		  Robert H. Lyon
44,200
16.63% 		  Edward K. Proctor
2,300
0.87% 		  James Haywood Southgate
23
0.01%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
  Theodore F. Davidson(I)
148,150
52.20% 		  Thomas P. Devereux Jr.
132,835
46.80% 		  John W. Woody
2,841
1.00%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
  Theodore F. Davidson
142,867
53.82% 		  Charles A. Cook
122,562
46.18%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
  Thomas S. Kenan(I)
121,737
51.52% 		  Augustus M. Moore
114,552
48.48%
Nov 07, 1876 General Election
  Thomas S. Kenan
123,608
53.06% 		  Tazewell L. Hargrove(I)
109,357
46.94%
Aug 01, 1872 General Election
  Tazewell L. Hargrove
97,072
50.45% 		  William M. Shipp(I)
95,339
49.55%
Aug 04, 1870 Special Election
  William M. Shipp
87,648
51.23% 		  Samuel F. Phillips
83,427
48.77%
May 30, 1869 Appointment
  Lewis P. Olds
1
100.00%
Apr 23, 1868 General Election
  William M. Coleman
92,000
55.71% 		  Sion H. Rogers(I)
73,000
44.20% 		  Lewis P. Olds
150
0.09%
Dec 05, 1865 General Election
  Sion H. Rogers(I)
82
51.57% 		  Samuel F. Phillips
76
47.80% 		  Write-In (W)
1
0.63%
Dec 17, 1862 General Election
  Sion H. Rogers
95
70.90% 		  William A. Jenkins(I)
39
29.10%
Nov 20, 1860 General Election
  William A. Jenkins(I)
62
53.91% 		  Kemp P. Battle
53
46.09%
Jan 01, 1857 Special Election
  William H. Bailey
91
77.78% 		  Henry W. Miller
23
19.66% 		  Bartholomew F. Moore
3
2.56%
Nov 26, 1856 General Election
  William A. Jenkins
108
67.50% 		  Bartholomew F. Moore
36
22.50% 		  Atlas J. Dargan
16
10.00%
May 25, 1855 Appointment
  Joseph B. Batchelor
1
100.00%
Dec 17, 1852 General Election
  Matt W. Ransom
90
42.25% 		  William Eaton Jr.(I)
79
37.09% 		  Perrin Busbee
29
13.62% 		  Write-In (W)
8
3.76% 		  Sion H. Rogers
7
3.29%
Jun 13, 1851 General Election
  William Eaton Jr.
1
100.00%
May 20, 1848 General Election
  Bartholomew F. Moore
1
100.00%
Dec 12, 1846 General Election
  Edward Stanly
1
100.00% 		  Spier Whitaker(I)
0
0.00% 		  Bartholomew F. Moore
0
0.00% 		  Duncan K. McRae
0
0.00%
Dec 12, 1842 General Election
  Spier Whitaker
1
100.00%
Dec 11, 1840 General Election
  Hugh McQueen
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1835 General Election
  John R.J. Daniel
1
100.00%
Nov 28, 1828 General Election
  Romulus M. Saunders
1
100.00%
Jul 31, 1828 Appointment
  Robert A. Jones
1
100.00%
Jan 02, 1825 General Election
  James F. Taylor
1
100.00%
Nov 28, 1816 General Election
  William P. Drew
115
62.16% 		  George E. Spruill
55
29.73% 		  Moses Mordecai
15
8.11%
Nov 28, 1810 General Election
  Hutchins G. Burton
98
40.66% 		  Joseph J. Daniel
93
38.59% 		  William Miller(I)
36
14.94% 		  Write-In (W)
14
5.81%
Aug 21, 1810 General Election
  William Miller
1
100.00%
Dec 09, 1808 General Election
  Oliver Fitts
95
45.24% 		  John A. Cameron
78
37.14% 		  Atlas Jones
22
10.48% 		  Edward Jones
15
7.14%
Dec 08, 1803 General Election
  Henry Seawell
1
100.00%
Feb 02, 1795 General Election
  Blake Baker
1
100.00%
Dec 29, 1791 Appointment
  John Haywood
1
100.00%
May 03, 1782 Appointment
  Alfred Moore
1
100.00%
Jul 03, 1779 Appointment
  James Iredell
1
100.00%
May 09, 1779 Appointment
  Thomas McGuire
1
100.00%
Dec 20, 1777 Appointment
  Waightstill Avery
1
100.00%

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