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The 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of North Carolina. Democratic state attorney general Josh Stein won his first term in office in a landslide, defeating Republican lieutenant governor Mark Robinson to succeed Democratic incumbent Roy Cooper , who was term-limited.
North Carolina will have a new governor in 2025, and voters chose on Tuesday who they want as the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates on the general election ballot this fall.
The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. There have been 70 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 76 terms. The current governor is Democrat Josh Stein, who took office on January 1, 2025.
Attorney General Josh Stein, a candidate in the Democratic primary for North Carolina governor, speaks during an interview on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C.
Here’s the latest list of candidates in the 2024 elections who want to be North Carolina’s next governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general and serve in other statewide races.
The 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to one-third of the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson speaks during a rally hosted by former U.S. President Donald Trump in Selma, North Carolina on April 9, 2022. Age: 56 Previously held offices: None
On November 22, 2016, McCrory formally requested a statewide recount; [8] once all ballots are counted, North Carolina election law allows either candidate to request a recount if the margin is fewer than 10,000 votes. [7] On November 30, 2016, the North Carolina State Board of Elections ordered a recount of certain votes in Durham County. [9]