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NC HOUSE · NOVEMBER 3, 2026

N.C. House Of Representatives District 023
2026 election results.

Candidate and choice votes for the whole contest, across all eligible counties. Observed leaders are not race calls or certified winners.

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WHOLE-CONTEST RESULTS

Every candidate. Exact counts.

Vote for 1
33,647 candidate / choice votes100% ED precincts · 42/421 choice allowed
Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Patricia SmithDemocratic20,67961.46%5,69014,7532360
Brent RobersonRepublican12,96838.54%6,3366,559730

Election Day precinct reporting is not the percentage of votes counted. These reported results remain unofficial; this site does not call races or certify outcomes.

FOR A CLEAR BRIEFING

The count, with its context.

N.C. House Of Representatives District 023 — whole-contest votes. Patricia Smith leads the published count. Vote gap: 7,711; margin: 22.92 percentage points. 33,647 candidate/choice votes; 100% ED precincts (42/42). Snapshot collected Nov 5, 2026, 12:53 PM EST. Unofficial reported results; not a race call or certification. Source: NCSBE public feeds. https://nc.zkqxcw.com/2026/races/nc-house-of-representatives-district-023--1191/

ELIGIBLE COUNTY BREAKOUTS · 3 COUNTIES

Where these votes were reported.

CountyLeading candidate / choiceVote totalED precinctsCandidate detail
BertiePatricia Smith6,617100% ED precincts (12/12)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Patricia SmithDemocratic4,10261.99%1,1772,878470
Brent RobersonRepublican2,51538.01%1,2731,23840
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EdgecombePatricia Smith17,906100% ED precincts (21/21)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Patricia SmithDemocratic12,14867.84%3,0978,9331180
Brent RobersonRepublican5,75832.16%2,5433,182330
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MartinBrent Roberson9,124100% ED precincts (9/9)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Brent RobersonRepublican4,69551.46%2,5202,139360
Patricia SmithDemocratic4,42948.54%1,4162,942710
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County detail and aggregate publications may be fetched at different times. A difference is a synchronization observation, not evidence of an error. Missing county detail is not treated as zero.

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Collection: Nov 5, 2026, 12:53 PM EST. Snapshot: c59c17e70268d2fd. Contest ID: 1191.

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