North Carolina U.S. Senate Primary Election Results

Democratic Primary

Winner

Cheri Beasley wins the Democratic primary.

Race called by The Associated Press.

Updated May 31, 2022
>95% reported
Candidate Votes Pct.
Cheri Beasley
501,618 +81.1% 81.1%
James Carr
21,882 +3.5% 3.5
Alyssia Hammond
20,995 +3.4% 3.4
Total reported
618,577

Results by county

County Beasley Carr Hammond Total votes Est. rpt.
Wake 85% 2% 3% 89,661 >95%
Mecklenburg 83 3 3 70,153 >95%
Durham 92 1 1 47,633 >95%
Guilford 83 2 3 40,880 >95%
Buncombe 73 4 8 30,211 >95%
Orange 89 2 2 25,173 >95%
Forsyth 83 3 3 21,418 >95%
Cumberland 81 3 3 20,892 >95%
New Hanover 83 3 4 14,116 >95%
Pitt 78 4 4 10,993 >95%
Chatham 86 3 2 9,451 >95%
Johnston 79 4 3 8,789 >95%
Nash 82 3 2 7,896 >95%
Alamance 83 2 3 7,622 >95%
Cabarrus 79 4 4 7,123 >95%
Halifax 77 8 2 6,992 >95%
Brunswick 84 3 4 6,697 >95%
Robeson 63 6 6 6,611 >95%
Gaston 80 4 3 5,878 >95%
Wayne 82 4 2 5,801 >95%
Craven 81 4 3 5,644 >95%
Franklin 81 5 2 5,635 >95%
Henderson 66 6 9 5,343 >95%
Union 78 5 6 5,292 >95%
Wilson 83 4 2 4,966 >95%
Iredell 75 4 5 4,826 >95%
Edgecombe 79 5 2 4,776 >95%
Granville 79 4 3 4,431 >95%
Moore 83 3 3 4,302 >95%
Onslow 72 5 6 4,126 >95%
Harnett 79 4 3 3,899 >95%
Vance 81 6 1 3,775 >95%
Haywood 63 7 7 3,754 >95%
Rowan 76 4 5 3,752 >95%
Davidson 77 6 3 3,700 >95%
Jackson 63 9 8 3,543 >95%
Northampton 80 6 1 3,186 >95%
Watauga 86 3 4 3,171 >95%
Columbus 71 6 3 3,153 >95%
Catawba 76 3 5 3,137 >95%
Rockingham 79 4 3 3,131 >95%
Warren 82 6 1 3,040 >95%
Richmond 73 7 3 2,945 >95%
Lenoir 80 5 2 2,941 >95%
Cleveland 80 3 3 2,937 >95%
Hoke 73 9 4 2,887 >95%
Person 78 4 3 2,828 >95%
Beaufort 78 5 3 2,824 >95%
Bertie 71 7 2 2,779 >95%
Bladen 83 4 2 2,695 >95%
Lee 79 4 3 2,633 >95%
Pasquotank 67 6 5 2,621 >95%
Carteret 69 3 3 2,479 >95%
Martin 73 7 3 2,297 >95%
Sampson 78 7 2 2,212 >95%
Lincoln 80 3 3 2,206 >95%
Burke 76 5 4 2,083 >95%
Hertford 71 5 3 2,053 >95%
Duplin 73 10 2 2,033 >95%
Scotland 62 8 4 2,030 >95%
Pender 80 4 3 1,967 >95%
Transylvania 69 5 10 1,937 >95%
Randolph 81 3 4 1,933 >95%
Greene 79 7 1 1,895 >95%
Surry 79 4 4 1,858 >95%
Madison 67 9 6 1,728 >95%
Dare 74 4 5 1,470 >95%
Caswell 77 6 3 1,450 >95%
Anson 78 6 3 1,361 >95%
Rutherford 49 8 11 1,341 >95%
Wilkes 75 5 3 1,325 >95%
Caldwell 77 5 4 1,247 >95%
Stanly 70 6 5 1,186 >95%
Macon 59 7 8 1,176 >95%
Pamlico 82 4 2 1,140 >95%
Washington 72 9 2 1,072 >95%
Polk 54 4 7 1,011 >95%
Gates 47 14 5 986 >95%
McDowell 59 7 8 977 >95%
Stokes 80 5 3 962 >95%
Davie 80 5 3 829 >95%
Montgomery 75 9 2 809 >95%
Yancey 73 5 9 778 >95%
Swain 59 8 8 756 >95%
Alexander 80 5 3 703 >95%
Chowan 66 11 7 703 >95%
Ashe 73 6 4 647 >95%
Jones 81 7 2 629 >95%
Perquimans 56 13 6 616 >95%
Currituck 63 8 7 540 >95%
Cherokee 45 14 9 528 >95%
Yadkin 76 6 5 523 >95%
Alleghany 79 6 1 408 >95%
Hyde 81 3 1 348 >95%
Tyrrell 69 6 3 325 >95%
Clay 67 5 9 324 >95%
Camden 55 11 6 309 >95%
Avery 76 2 9 295 >95%
Mitchell 68 6 10 228 >95%
Graham 58 6 9 202 >95%

Analysis From Our Reporters

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck, Reporting from Pittsburgh May 18, 2022

    In Oregon, the numbers from Clackamas County, near Portland, are just starting to come in. That’s one to watch as Schrader tries to hold onto his seat.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck, Reporting from Pittsburgh May 18, 2022

    The Shapiro fund-raising pitch: “Doug Mastriano will be my opponent – and he is the most extreme gubernatorial candidate in the country. He would ban abortion, end vote by mail, and rip away our freedoms.”

  • Azi Paybarah
    Azi Paybarah May 17, 2022

    Doug Mastriano easily won the crowded Republican primary for governor in Pennsylvania, but the candidate he endorsed for lieutenant governor, Teddy Daniels, came in third place (with about 85 percent of the vote counted).

  • Azi Paybarah
    Azi Paybarah May 17, 2022

    Carrie Lewis DelRosso, a state legislator representing parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, has won the Republican primary for lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania.

  • Blake Hounshell
    Blake Hounshell, Reporting from Philadelphia May 17, 2022

    The surprise of the night, for me, has been Dave McCormick’s strong showing. His team has been saying for days that the squabbling between Dr. Mehmet Oz and Kathy Barnette was an opportunity. And they appear to have been right.

  • Maggie Astor
    Maggie Astor May 17, 2022

    The Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania may be headed for a recount, which would be triggered if the margin is less than 0.5 percent of the total votes cast. Right now, David McCormick is leading Dr. Mehmet Oz by about 2,600 votes, or 0.23 percent of the total votes cast.

  • Jennifer Medina
    Jennifer Medina May 17, 2022

    Most of the remaining votes to be counted in Pennsylvania are in the counties surrounding Philadelphia; no telling whether that favors McCormick or Oz.

  • Maggie Haberman
    Maggie Haberman May 17, 2022

    It’s clear in the Pennsylvania Senate primary that the Club for Growth spending on Barnette late in the race had an effect, regardless of who wins. Her surge came at the expense of Oz.

  • Maggie Haberman
    Maggie Haberman May 17, 2022

    We are getting very close to the threshold for an automatic recount for the Pennsylvania Senate primary on the Republican side. That threshold is 0.5 percent.

  • Jonathan Weisman
    Jonathan Weisman May 17, 2022

    To Katie’s point, with 94 percent of the vote in, Steve Irwin’s lead over Summer Lee is down to 330 votes.

  • Jazmine Ulloa
    Jazmine Ulloa, Reporting from Hendersonville, N.C. May 17, 2022

    Luke Ball, Cawthorn’s spokesman, told reporters that their focus would now be making sure that Republicans in the 11th Congressional District are united behind one candidate.

  • Jazmine Ulloa
    Jazmine Ulloa, Reporting from Hendersonville, N.C. May 17, 2022

    Not long before he conceded the race, Cawthorn appeared before supporters. He looked tired but expressed confidence that the election results would break in his favor.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck, Reporting from Pittsburgh May 17, 2022

    Support for McCormick was palpable among Republican voters who showed up to vote in one Pittsburgh suburb today. “I am yearning for fiscal responsibility,” one McCormick backer said.

  • Jazmine Ulloa
    Jazmine Ulloa, Reporting from Hendersonville, N.C. May 17, 2022

    A Cawthorn official has told us that the candidate has left the building. He will watch the remaining results from home.

  • Nick Corasaniti
    Nick Corasaniti, Reporting from Scranton and Hershey, Pa. May 17, 2022

    Mastriano takes the stage to start his victory speech: “God is good, all the time.”

  • Nick Corasaniti
    Nick Corasaniti, Reporting from Scranton and Hershey, Pa. May 17, 2022

    The Republican Governors Association released a tepid statement congratulating Mastriano, saying only: “The R.G.A. remains committed to engaging in competitive gubernatorial contests where our support can have an impact in defending our incumbents and expanding our majority this year.”

  • Charles Homans
    Charles Homans, Reporting from Elizabethtown, Pa. May 17, 2022

    Dozens of Kathy Barnette’s supporters have gathered around her in a prayer circle at her election night party. She is trailing David McCormick by nearly 9 points and Mehmet Oz by 7 points with 58 percent of precincts reporting.

  • Katie Glueck
    Katie Glueck, Reporting from Pittsburgh May 17, 2022

    Polls have tightened considerably in the primary race for Pennsylvania’s 12th District, which drew major outside spending and pitted a candidate with significant left-wing support against a contender embraced by much of the party establishment.

  • Nick Corasaniti
    Nick Corasaniti, Reporting from Scranton and Hershey, Pa. May 17, 2022

    Loud round of whoops and cheers as the video screen shows a projection of Mastriano clinching the nomination.

  • Blake Hounshell
    Blake Hounshell, Reporting from Philadelphia May 17, 2022

    Malcolm Kenyatta says here at his party that he just called John Fetterman to congratulate him on his victory. Kenyatta urged his supporters to rally behind Fetterman, saying the Republican nominee is likely to be from “out of state and out of their damned minds.”

Republican Primary

Winner

Ted Budd wins the Republican primary.

Race called by The Associated Press.

Updated May 31, 2022
>95% reported
Candidate Votes Pct.
Ted Budd
448,035 +58.6% 58.6%
Pat McCrory
188,051 +24.6% 24.6
Mark Walker
70,456 +9.2% 9.2
Total reported
764,426

Results by county

County Budd McCrory Walker Total votes Est. rpt.
Wake 55% 27% 9% 64,464 >95%
Mecklenburg 44 44 5 38,662 >95%
Guilford 47 17 31 31,847 >95%
Forsyth 56 22 17 21,703 >95%
Buncombe 52 31 5 20,161 >95%
Union 52 36 6 19,803 >95%
Johnston 68 18 7 19,339 >95%
Iredell 69 21 4 18,608 >95%
Randolph 54 13 28 18,218 >95%
Gaston 54 35 5 18,081 >95%
Henderson 55 27 6 17,548 >95%
Davidson 67 15 15 17,203 >95%
Cabarrus 56 30 6 16,865 >95%
New Hanover 63 22 4 16,259 >95%
Catawba 60 30 4 15,954 >95%
Rowan 61 28 4 15,502 >95%
Brunswick 69 20 3 15,398 >95%
Onslow 65 21 4 12,813 >95%
Moore 56 22 14 12,595 >95%
Cumberland 63 22 5 11,283 >95%
Alamance 50 14 33 10,787 >95%
Carteret 72 19 3 10,667 >95%
Lincoln 61 29 4 10,414 >95%
Wilkes 60 22 11 10,405 >95%
Burke 49 31 7 10,341 >95%
Pitt 61 28 6 9,849 >95%
Craven 70 19 4 9,827 >95%
Harnett 63 20 7 8,212 >95%
Nash 66 24 5 8,125 >95%
Rutherford 58 29 4 8,003 >95%
Davie 70 16 9 7,975 >95%
Caldwell 60 24 5 7,908 >95%
Stanly 62 25 6 7,849 >95%
Durham 53 28 9 7,733 >95%
Rockingham 46 11 39 7,728 >95%
Yadkin 59 20 15 7,508 >95%
Surry 56 19 20 7,374 >95%
Wayne 70 18 6 7,276 >95%
Haywood 59 25 5 7,015 >95%
Macon 53 27 5 6,760 >95%
Stokes 63 13 20 6,754 >95%
Cleveland 62 30 4 6,547 >95%
Beaufort 69 23 3 6,520 >95%
Chatham 60 20 13 6,487 >95%
Franklin 64 20 7 6,254 >95%
Pender 67 20 5 5,900 >95%
Cherokee 54 20 8 5,512 >95%
Orange 56 26 10 5,479 >95%
Transylvania 48 30 6 5,028 >95%
Person 61 23 10 4,973 >95%
Sampson 64 26 5 4,730 >95%
Wilson 69 21 5 4,621 >95%
McDowell 61 26 6 4,510 >95%
Watauga 54 31 6 4,329 >95%
Ashe 53 32 6 4,312 >95%
Granville 62 18 11 3,862 >95%
Avery 51 35 4 3,814 >95%
Duplin 72 17 5 3,814 >95%
Dare 61 22 6 3,682 >95%
Lee 67 15 11 3,677 >95%
Alexander 69 20 6 3,633 >95%
Mitchell 61 25 3 3,551 >95%
Lenoir 77 17 3 3,390 >95%
Montgomery 62 21 10 3,150 >95%
Jackson 57 24 5 3,100 >95%
Robeson 62 24 4 2,850 >95%
Currituck 63 21 5 2,800 >95%
Polk 54 28 6 2,656 >95%
Pasquotank 59 23 7 2,624 >95%
Bladen 65 23 5 2,569 >95%
Richmond 61 27 3 2,537 >95%
Yancey 59 28 4 2,535 >95%
Clay 54 21 6 2,352 >95%
Columbus 71 20 3 2,323 >95%
Madison 62 23 5 2,032 >95%
Edgecombe 68 22 6 1,952 >95%
Pamlico 68 21 4 1,878 >95%
Chowan 52 34 4 1,680 >95%
Caswell 59 13 24 1,522 >95%
Perquimans 64 21 6 1,515 >95%
Graham 70 17 5 1,497 >95%
Hoke 65 17 9 1,454 >95%
Camden 55 27 4 1,444 >95%
Alleghany 60 23 11 1,331 >95%
Halifax 64 22 6 1,324 >95%
Vance 69 19 6 1,323 >95%
Jones 70 20 4 1,226 >95%
Martin 67 25 4 1,206 >95%
Swain 63 21 2 1,110 >95%
Greene 77 15 5 1,103 >95%
Anson 70 20 5 838 >95%
Scotland 59 23 8 755 >95%
Warren 65 19 7 739 >95%
Washington 69 22 4 653 >95%
Bertie 69 23 3 598 >95%
Hertford 62 26 4 509 >95%
Northampton 61 24 4 500 >95%
Gates 53 16 18 485 >95%
Hyde 78 16 1 429 >95%
Tyrrell 56 29 5 386 >95%