2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. This is the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in 2024 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. Primary elections will take place on March 5, 2024. Background 
A typical swing state, North Carolina is considered to be a purple to slightly red southern state at the federal level. Both U.S. senators from the state are members of the Republican Party. However, its U.S. House delegation is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, and Democrats hold multiple statewide offices in North Carolina, including the attorney general, secretary of state, and the governorship. In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried North Carolina by 1.3 percentage points. The incumbent, Roy Cooper, was first elected in 2016, defeating then-incumbent governor Pat McCrory by about 0.2 points. Cooper was then re-elected in 2020 by 4.5 percentage points. The 2024 election is expected to be very competitive, as North Carolina is a purple to slightly red state and this election is taking place in a presidential year, and the incumbent is term-limited making this seat open. The first Democrat to enter the race was Josh Stein, the current Attorney General. He was followed by recently-retired N.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael R. Morgan. Two Republicans who are currently serving in positions that are elected statewide have declared their candidacy: Mark Robinson, the current Lieutenant Governor, and Dale Folwell, the current State Treasurer. Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Michael R. Morgan, former North Carolina Supreme Court justice (2016–2023) 
Josh Stein, North Carolina Attorney General (2017–present)

Publicly expressed interest
Mark H. Robinson, cotton candy business owner (no relation to Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson)

Potential
Michael S. Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2021–present) and former Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (2017–2021)

Declined
 Sydney Batch, state senator from the 17th district (2021–present) (endorsed Stein)
 Jeff Jackson, U.S. Representative from  (2023–present) (endorsed Stein. running for Attorney General)
 Natalie Murdock, state senator from the 20th district (2020–present) (endorsed Stein)
 Robert T. Reives II, Minority Leader of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2021–present) from the 54th district (2014–present) (endorsed Stein)

Endorsements

Polling

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Dale Folwell, North Carolina State Treasurer (2017–present)
Bill Graham, attorney and candidate for governor in 2008
Mark Robinson, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (2021–present)
Jesse Thomas, retired healthcare executive
Andy Wells, former state senator and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2020

Withdrawn
Mark Walker, former U.S. Representative from  (2015–2021) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022 (running for U.S. House)

Declined
Thom Tillis, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (2015–present)

Endorsements

Polling

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared
Shannon Bray, cybersecurity professional and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and 2022
Mike Ross, treasurer of the North Carolina Libertarian Party

General election

Predictions

Polling

Josh Stein vs. Dale Folwell

Josh Stein vs. Mark Robinson

Josh Stein vs. Mark Walker

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links
Official campaign websites 
Dale Folwell (R) for Governor
Michael R. Morgan (D) for Governor
Mark Robinson (R) for Governor
Mike Ross (L) for Governor
Josh Stein (D) for Governor
Jesse Thomas (R) for Governor
Mark Walker (R) for Governor
Andy Wells (R) for Governor

2024
Governor
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