2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  Senator Rachel Hunt 2023-25 Legislative Portrait (cropped).jpg Hal Weatherman NC (cropped).jpg
Nominee Rachel Hunt Hal Weatherman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,768,5392,663,183
Percentage49.53%47.64%
2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Hunt:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Weatherman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Mark Robinson
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Rachel Hunt
Democratic

The 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor of North Carolina. Democratic state senator Rachel Hunt won her first term in office, defeating Republican state official Hal Weatherman. She will succeed Republican incumbent Mark Robinson, who did not seek re-election in order to unsuccessfully run for governor. [1]

Contents

In her party's primary, Hunt won the Democratic nomination with 70% of the vote over former state Senator Ben Clark and businessman Mark H. Robinson (no relation to the incumbent). Weatherman won the Republican nomination with 74% of the vote over Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neil in a runoff after no candidate received over 30% of the vote in his party's primary. Hunt won the general election with 49.5% the vote to Weatherman's 47.6%, making her the first Democrat elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina since Walter H. Dalton in 2008.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Hal Weatherman, businessman and former chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest [2]

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Jeffrey Elmore

Newspapers

Allen Mashburn

Organizations

Hal Weatherman

State officials

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Deanna
Ballard		Jeffrey
Elmore		Jim
O'Neill		Sam
Page		Hal
Weatherman		Seth
Wooddall		OtherUndecided
High Point University [17] February 16–23, 2024386 (LV)± 6.0%10%11%27%13%7%11%21% [b] –
Capen Analytics [18] February 21, 202412,580 (LV)± 5.0%15%8%16%8%21%18%15% [c] 3%
Cygnal (R) [19] [A] October 8–9, 2023600 (LV)± 3.9%3%1%–4%4%2%2% [d] 84%

Results

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Results by county:
  Weatherman
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
  •   10–20%
  O'Neill
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
  •   10–20%
  Ballard
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
  •   10–20%
  Woodall
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
  Mashburn
  •   20–30%
  Elmore
  •   50–60%
  •   30–40%
Republican primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hal Weatherman 181,818 19.59%
Republican Jim O'Neill 147,042 15.84%
Republican Deanna Ballard 138,82214.96%
Republican Seth Woodall102,49211.04%
Republican Sam Page94,81010.22%
Republican Allen Mashburn83,5509.00%
Republican Jeffrey Elmore 79,8838.61%
Republican Peter Boykin 32,1263.46%
Republican Rivera Douthit23,3982.52%
Republican Ernest T. Reeves22,7602.45%
Republican Marlenis Hernandez Novoa21,4042.31%
Total votes928,105 100.0%

Runoff results

Results by county: Weatherman 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90% O'Neill 50-60% Lt Gov North Carolina Primary Republican runoff 2024.svg
Results by county:
  Weatherman
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   >90%
  O'Neill
  •   50–60%
Republican primary runoff results [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hal Weatherman 96,600 74.44%
Republican Jim O'Neill33,44825.72%
Total votes130,048 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Rachel Hunt
Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Ben
Clark		Rachel
Hunt		Mark H.
Robinson		Undecided
High Point University [17] February 16–23, 2024321 (LV)± 6.0%14%61%24%–
Public Policy Polling (D) [29] December 15–16, 2023556 (LV)± 4.2%5%23%6%66%

Results

Results by county: Hunt 80-90% 70-80% 60-70% 50-60% 40-50% Clark 60-70% 50-60% 40-50% 30-40% Robinson 50-60% 40-50% Lt Gov North Carolina Primary Democratic 2024.svg
Results by county:
  Hunt
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  Clark
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   30–40%
  Robinson
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rachel Hunt 477,196 70.35%
Democratic Ben Clark 111,83616.49%
Democratic Mark H. Robinson89,24713.16%
Total votes678,279 100.0%

Libertarian Party

Withdrew after nomination

Replacement nominee

Constitution Party

Nominee

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [32] TossupNovember 1, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Hal
Weatherman (R)		Rachel
Hunt (D)		OtherUndecided
ActiVote [33] October 8–26, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%50%50%––
Cygnal (R) [34] [B] October 12–14, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%41%43%3% [e] 13%
ActiVote [35] August 20 – September 22, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%50%50%––
Cygnal (R) [36] [B] September 15–16, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%40%42%3% [f] 15%
YouGov (D) [37] [C] August 5–9, 2024802 (RV)± 3.9%38%40%–22%
Cygnal (R) [38] [B] August 4–5, 2024600 (LV)± 3.99%38%36%5% [g] 22%
Spry Strategies [39] June 7–11, 2024600 (LV)± 4.0%38%38%–24%

Results

2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Rachel Hunt 2,768,539 49.53% +1.16%
Republican Hal Weatherman2,663,18347.64%–3.99%
Libertarian Shannon Bray104,1921.86%N/A
Constitution Wayne Jones53,9380.96%N/A
Total votes5,589,852 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Peter Boykin with 7%; Allen Mashburn, Marlenis Hernandez Navoa, and Ernest Reeves with 4%; Rivera Douthit with 2%
  3. ↑ Marlenis Hernandez Navoa with 5%; Peter Boykin, Allen Mashburn, and Ernest Reeves with 3%; Rivera Douthit with 1%
  4. ↑ Peter Boykin and Allen Mashburn with 1%; Rivera Douthit with 0%
  5. ↑ Bray (L) with 2%; Jones (C) with 1%
  6. ↑ Bray (L) with 2%; Jones (C) with 1%
  7. ↑ Bray (L) with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by the John Locke Foundation
  2. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by the Carolina Journal
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by Carolina Forward

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