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2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election

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Nominee Elaine Marshall Chad Brown
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Secretary of State

Elaine Marshall
Democratic



The 2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election will be 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 is running for re-election to an eighth term in office. [1] This is 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]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

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Withdrawn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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chad Brown 371,806 43.28
Republican Christine Villaverde 257,412 29.97
Republican Jesse Thomas 229,755 26.75
Total votes 858,973 100.00

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Lean D January 31, 2024

Results

North Carolina Secretary of State election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Elaine Marshall (incumbent)
Republican Chad Brown
Total votes

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. ^ a b c d "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 UNOFFICIAL 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.

External links

Official campaign websites