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NC SENATE · NOVEMBER 3, 2026

N.C. State Senate District 02
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
87,667 candidate / choice votes100% ED precincts · 91/911 choice allowed
Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Norman SandersonRepublican47,14753.78%19,17427,5174560
Roy SurrettDemocratic40,52046.22%11,64427,9549220

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. State Senate District 02 — whole-contest votes. Norman Sanderson leads the published count. Vote gap: 6,627; margin: 7.56 percentage points. 87,667 candidate/choice votes; 100% ED precincts (91/91). 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-state-senate-district-02--1290/

ELIGIBLE COUNTY BREAKOUTS · 8 COUNTIES

Where these votes were reported.

CountyLeading candidate / choiceVote totalED precinctsCandidate detail
CarteretNorman Sanderson34,861100% ED precincts (26/26)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Norman SandersonRepublican23,44567.25%8,14015,0342710
Roy SurrettDemocratic11,41632.75%2,9188,0934050
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ChowanNorman Sanderson5,824100% ED precincts (6/6)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Norman SandersonRepublican3,34357.40%1,1482,162330
Roy SurrettDemocratic2,48142.60%5551,867590
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HalifaxRoy Surrett17,513100% ED precincts (17/17)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Roy SurrettDemocratic11,22464.09%3,5627,5091530
Norman SandersonRepublican6,28935.91%3,0083,232490
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HydeNorman Sanderson1,901100% ED precincts (7/7)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Norman SandersonRepublican1,07756.65%70136970
Roy SurrettDemocratic82443.35%360430340
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MartinRoy Surrett9,019100% ED precincts (9/9)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Roy SurrettDemocratic4,58250.80%1,4903,016760
Norman SandersonRepublican4,43749.20%2,3902,018290
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PamlicoNorman Sanderson6,020100% ED precincts (6/6)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Norman SandersonRepublican3,64660.56%1,3942,221310
Roy SurrettDemocratic2,37439.44%5591,717980
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WarrenRoy Surrett8,036100% ED precincts (14/14)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Roy SurrettDemocratic4,98462.02%1,4703,417970
Norman SandersonRepublican3,05237.98%1,4951,521360
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WashingtonRoy Surrett4,493100% ED precincts (6/6)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Roy SurrettDemocratic2,63558.65%7301,90500
Norman SandersonRepublican1,85841.35%89896000
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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: 1290.

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