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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 vote 2,836,979 2,722,444
Percentage 51.03% 48.97%

County results
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Marshall:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Brown:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

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 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

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Candidates

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Nominee

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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

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrawn

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Results

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Republican primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chad Brown 373,166 43.26%
Republican Christine Villaverde 258,569 29.98%
Republican Jesse Thomas 230,829 26.76%
Total votes 862,564 100.0%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Lean D July 25, 2024

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Elaine
Marshall (D)
Chad
Brown (R)
Undecided
ActiVote October 8–26, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 49%
Cygnal (R)[A] October 12–14, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 45% 43% 12%
ActiVote August 20 – September 22, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 49%
Cygnal (R)[A] September 15–16, 2024 600 (LV) ± 3.99% 43% 42% 15%

Results

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2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Elaine Marshall (incumbent) 2,836,979 51.03% −0.13%
Republican Chad Brown 2,722,444 48.97% +0.13%
Total votes 5,559,423 100.0

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Carolina Journal

References

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  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 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.
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Official campaign websites