2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election

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2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election
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Nominee Elaine Marshall Chad Brown
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,837,9942,722,794
Percentage51.04%48.96%
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Marshall:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Brown:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
     No votes
Secretary of State before election

Elaine Marshall
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Elaine Marshall
Democratic

The 2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the secretary of state of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall won re-election to an eighth term in office. [1] This was the only Democratic-held secretary of state held up for election in 2024 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024. [2]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

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Results by county:
  Brown
  •   Brown—60–70%
  •   Brown—50–60%
  •   Brown—40–50%
  •   Brown—30–40%
  Villaverde
  •   Villaverde—40–40%
  •   Villaverde—30–40%
  Thomas
  •   Thomas—40–50%
  •   Thomas—30–40%

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Results

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chad Brown 373,166 43.26%
Republican Christine Villaverde258,56929.98%
Republican Jesse Thomas230,82926.76%
Total votes862,564 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Lean DJuly 25, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Elaine
Marshall (D)		Chad
Brown (R)		Undecided
ActiVote [8] October 8–26, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%51%49%–
Cygnal (R) [9] [A] October 12–14, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%45%43%12%
ActiVote [10] August 20 – September 22, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%51%49%–
Cygnal (R) [11] [A] September 15–16, 2024600 (LV)± 3.99%43%42%15%

Results

2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Elaine Marshall (incumbent) 2,837,994 51.04% –0.12%
Republican Chad Brown2,722,79448.96%+0.12%
Total votes5,560,788 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Brown won ten of 14 congressional districts. [13]

DistrictMarshallBrownRepresentative
1st 52%48% Don Davis
2nd 70%30% Deborah Ross
3rd 43%57% Greg Murphy
4th 75%25% Valerie Foushee
5th 44%56% Virginia Foxx
6th 44%56% Addison McDowell
7th 46%54% David Rouzer
8th 42%58% Mark Harris
9th 45%55% Richard Hudson
10th 43%57% Pat Harrigan
11th 47%53% Chuck Edwards
12th 74%26% Alma Adams
13th 46%54% Brad Knott
14th 44%56% Tim Moore

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Carolina Journal

References

  1. ↑ Mercer, Matt (March 30, 2023). "Council of State will look much different in 2025". North State Journal . Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2024 Primary Candidate List By Contest - Federal and State Only (PDF)" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ex-health care executive ends bid for North Carolina governor, running now for secretary of state". Associated Press. November 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ Opeka, Theresa (May 22, 2023). "Former Wake GOP chair enters race for NC Secretary of State". The Carolina Journal. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "03/05/2024 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  7. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (January 31, 2024). "This Year's Key Attorney General and Secretary of State Races". University of Virginia Center for Politics .
  8. ↑ ActiVote
  9. ↑ Cygnal (R)
  10. ↑ ActiVote
  11. ↑ Cygnal (R)
  12. ↑ "11/05/2024 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections .
  13. ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::4f133eac-adb1-4bb4-a7fe-92aa8a5f1ed4

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