2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election?

Roy Cooper won the 2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial Election. Roy Cooper received 2,834,790 popular votes (51.52%). The main challenger was Dan Forest (47.01%).

See the full head-to-head between Cooper and Forest

Cooper +4.5 pts · won by 248,185 votes
2,834,790 votes
2,586,605 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.