2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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NomineeTBD Rachel Hunt
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Mark Robinson
Republican



The 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor 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 Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office, but is instead running for governor. [1]

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Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024. Because 11 candidates are running in the Republican primary, there exists the possibility of no candidate receiving the 30% of the vote required to avoid a second primary. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the runner-up can request a second primary (in other words, a runoff), to be held on May 14, 2024. [2]

Republican primary

Results by county: .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} 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% Lt Gov North Carolina Primary Republican 2024.svg
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%

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Jeffrey Elmore
Newspapers
Allen Mashburn
Organizations
Hal Weatherman
Newspapers

Polling

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

Results

Republican primary results [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hal Weatherman 181,222 19.61
Republican Jim O'Neill 146,472 15.85
Republican Deanna Ballard 138,24014.96
Republican Seth Woodall102,07011.04
Republican Sam Page94,40810.21
Republican Allen Mashburn83,2029.00
Republican Jeffrey Elmore 79,5378.61
Republican Peter Boykin 31,9683.46
Republican Rivera Douthit23,2682.52
Republican Ernest T. Reeves22,6092.45
Republican Marlenis Hernandez Novoa21,2732.30
Total votes924,269 100.00

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim O'Neill
Republican Hal Weatherman

Democratic primary

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%

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Rachel Hunt
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Ben
Clark		Rachel
Hunt		Mark H.
Robinson		Undecided
High Point University February 16–23, 2024321 (LV)± 6.0%14%61%24%–
Public Policy Polling (D) December 15–16, 2023556 (LV)± 4.2%5%23%6%66%

Results

Democratic primary results [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rachel Hunt 474,426 70.36
Democratic Ben Clark 111,06316.47
Democratic Mark H. Robinson88,77713.17
Total votes674,266 100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Presumptive nominee

  • Dee Watson, oncology researcher [10]

General election

Results

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican TBD
Democratic Rachel Hunt
Libertarian Dee Watson
Total votes

Notes

  1. 1 2 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%
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  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the John Locke Foundation

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  20. 1 2 "'Perpetual campaign season:' For some NC candidates, 2024 races have already begun".
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