# 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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The 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor of North Carolina. Democratic state senator Rachel Hunt won her first term in office, defeating Republican state official Hal Weatherman. She succeeded Republican incumbent Mark Robinson, who did not seek re-election in order to unsuccessfully run for governor.
In her party's primary, Hunt won the Democratic nomination with 70% of the vote over former state Senator Ben Clark and businessman Mark H. Robinson (no relation to the incumbent). Weatherman won the Republican nomination with 74% of the vote over Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neil in a runoff after no candidate received over 30% of the vote in his party's primary. Hunt won the general election with 49.5% the vote to Weatherman's 47.6%, making her the first Democrat elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina since Walter H. Dalton in 2008.

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Hal Weatherman, businessman and former chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest

#### Eliminated in runoff

* Jim O'Neill, Forsyth County District Attorney and nominee for attorney general in 2020

#### Eliminated in primary

* Deanna Ballard, former state senator from the 45th district
* Peter Boykin, political commentator and founder of Gays for Trump
* Rivera Douthit, evangelist
* Jeffrey Elmore, state representative from the 94th district
* Allen Mashburn, pastor
* Marlenis Hernandez Novoa, paramedic and firefighter
* Sam Page, Rockingham County sheriff
* Ernest T. Reeves, businessman and perennial candidate
* Seth Woodall, attorney

#### Withdrawn

* Jim Kee, former Greensboro city councilor (ran for state auditor)

#### Declined

* Mark Robinson, former lieutenant governor (endorsed Weatherman, ran for governor)

#### Endorsements
##### Newspapers

* The Charlotte Observer

##### Organizations

* New York Young Republican Club

##### State officials

* Mark Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina

##### Newspapers

* Rhino Times

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Deanna Ballard | Jeffrey Elmore | Jim O'Neill | Sam Page | Hal Weatherman | Seth Wooddall | Other | Undecided |
| High Point University | February 16–23, 2024 | 386 (LV) | ± 6.0% | 10% | 11% | 27% | 13% | 7% | 11% | 21% | – |
| Capen Analytics | February 21, 2024 | 12,580 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 15% | 8% | 16% | 8% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 3% |
| Cygnal (R) | October 8–9, 2023 | 600 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 3% | 1% | – | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 84% |

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Hal Weatherman | 181,818 | 19.59% |
| | Republican | Jim O'Neill | 147,042 | 15.84% |
| | Republican | Deanna Ballard | 138,822 | 14.96% |
| | Republican | Seth Woodall | 102,492 | 11.04% |
| | Republican | Sam Page | 94,810 | 10.22% |
| | Republican | Allen Mashburn | 83,550 | 9.00% |
| | Republican | Jeffrey Elmore | 79,883 | 8.61% |
| | Republican | Peter Boykin | 32,126 | 3.46% |
| | Republican | Rivera Douthit | 23,398 | 2.52% |
| | Republican | Ernest T. Reeves | 22,760 | 2.45% |
| | Republican | Marlenis Hernandez Novoa | 21,404 | 2.31% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 928,105 | 100.0% |

### Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Hal Weatherman | 96,600 | 74.44% |
| | Republican | Jim O'Neill | 33,448 | 25.72% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 130,048 | 100.0% |

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Rachel Hunt, state senator from the 42nd district and daughter of former governor Jim Hunt

#### Eliminated in primary

* Ben Clark, former state senator from the 21st district and nominee for North Carolina's 9th congressional district in 2022
* Mark H. Robinson, businessman (no relation to incumbent lieutenant governor Mark Robinson)

#### Withdrawn

* Delmonte Crawford, civil rights activist (ran for mayor of Raleigh)
* Chris Rey, former mayor of Spring Lake and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016
* Raymond Smith Jr., former state representative from the 21st district (ran for mayor of Goldsboro)

#### Endorsements
##### Organizations

* EMILY's List

##### Newspapers

* The Charlotte Observer

#### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ben Clark | Rachel Hunt | Mark H. Robinson | Undecided |
| High Point University | February 16–23, 2024 | 321 (LV) | ± 6.0% | 14% | 61% | 24% | – |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | December 15–16, 2023 | 556 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 5% | 23% | 6% | 66% |

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Rachel Hunt | 477,196 | 70.35% |
| | Democratic | Ben Clark | 111,836 | 16.49% |
| | Democratic | Mark H. Robinson | 89,247 | 13.16% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 678,279 | 100.0% |

## Libertarian Party
### Withdrew after nomination

* Dee Watson, oncology researcher

### Replacement nominee

* Shannon Bray, cybersecurity professional and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and 2022

## Constitution Party
### Nominee

* Wayne Jones, central regional director for the North Carolina Constitution Party

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Tossup | November 1, 2024 |

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Hal Weatherman (R) | Rachel Hunt (D) | Other | Undecided |
| ActiVote | October 8–26, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 50% | 50% | – | – |
| Cygnal (R) | October 12–14, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 41% | 43% | 3% | 13% |
| ActiVote | August 20 – September 22, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 50% | 50% | – | – |
| Cygnal (R) | September 15–16, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 40% | 42% | 3% | 15% |
| YouGov (D) | August 5–9, 2024 | 802 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 38% | 40% | – | 22% |
| Cygnal (R) | August 4–5, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 3.99% | 38% | 36% | 5% | 22% |
| Spry Strategies | June 7–11, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 38% | 38% | – | 24% |

### Results

2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Rachel Hunt | 2,768,539 | 49.53% | +1.16% |
| | Republican | Hal Weatherman | 2,663,183 | 47.64% | –3.99% |
| | Libertarian | Shannon Bray | 104,192 | 1.86% | N/A |
| | Constitution | Wayne Jones | 53,938 | 0.96% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,589,852 | 100.0% | |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

#### By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Weatherman won 10 of 14 congressional districts.
| District | Weatherman | Hunt | Representative |
| 1st | 48% | 50% | Don Davis |
| 2nd | 30% | 67% | Deborah Ross |
| 3rd | 56% | 41% | Greg Murphy |
| 4th | 25% | 73% | Valerie Foushee |
| 5th | 55% | 43% | Virginia Foxx |
| 6th | 54% | 43% | Addison McDowell |
| 7th | 52% | 45% | David Rouzer |
| 8th | 56% | 42% | Mark Harris |
| 9th | 54% | 43% | Richard Hudson |
| 10th | 55% | 42% | Pat Harrigan |
| 11th | 51% | 46% | Chuck Edwards |
| 12th | 24% | 73% | Alma Adams |
| 13th | 54% | 43% | Brad Knott |
| 14th | 53% | 44% | Tim Moore |