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NC SENATE · NOVEMBER 3, 2026

N.C. State Senate District 36
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
74,180 candidate / choice votes100% ED precincts · 70/701 choice allowed
Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Eddie SettleRepublican54,06572.88%25,08128,3406440
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic20,11527.12%6,27313,1287140

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 36 — whole-contest votes. Eddie Settle leads the published count. Vote gap: 33,950; margin: 45.77 percentage points. 74,180 candidate/choice votes; 100% ED precincts (70/70). 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-36--1324/

ELIGIBLE COUNTY BREAKOUTS · 4 COUNTIES

Where these votes were reported.

CountyLeading candidate / choiceVote totalED precinctsCandidate detail
AlexanderEddie Settle13,432100% ED precincts (10/10)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Eddie SettleRepublican10,09075.12%3,9936,048490
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic3,34224.88%8492,413800
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SurryEddie Settle23,917100% ED precincts (23/23)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Eddie SettleRepublican16,52469.09%6,13210,1472450
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic7,39330.91%1,8245,2742950
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WilkesEddie Settle23,376100% ED precincts (25/25)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Eddie SettleRepublican17,31574.07%9,6667,4072420
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic6,06125.93%2,2953,5452210
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YadkinEddie Settle13,455100% ED precincts (12/12)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Eddie SettleRepublican10,13675.33%5,2904,7381080
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic3,31924.67%1,3051,8961180
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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: 1324.

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