North Carolina Republican primary

March 15, 2016

Last updated Mar. 22, 4:24 PM EDT

100% precincts reporting (1,138,718 votes total)

Candidate	Percent	Votes
Donald Trump	40.2%	458,151 votes
Ted Cruz	36.8%	418,740 votes
John Kasich	12.7%	144,299 votes
Marco Rubiosuspended campaign Mar. 15	7.7%	87,858 votes
Ben Carsonsuspended campaign Mar. 4	1.0%	10,913 votes
Jeb Bushsuspended campaign Feb. 20	0.3%	3,841 votes
Mike Huckabeesuspended campaign Feb. 1	0.3%	3,076 votes
Rand Paulsuspended campaign Feb. 3	0.2%	2,708 votes
Chris Christiesuspended campaign Feb. 10	0.1%	1,244 votes
Carly Fiorinasuspended campaign Feb. 10	0.1%	944 votes
Rick Santorumsuspended campaign Feb. 3	0.1%	655 votes
Jim Gilmoresuspended campaign Feb. 12	0.0%	270 votes
Others	0.5%	6,019 votes

County by county results

County Precincts reporting	Trump Votes	Cruz	Others
Alamance 37 of 37	38.3% 6,507	40.9% 6,956	20.9% 3,547
Alexander 10 of 10	41.9% 2,608	45.5% 2,830	12.6% 784
Alleghany 7 of 7	49.7% 790	31.5% 501	18.8% 299
Anson 11 of 11	50.0% 612	36.2% 443	13.8% 169
Ashe 17 of 17	44.7% 1,993	35.6% 1,588	19.7% 876
Avery 19 of 19	42.6% 1,785	34.9% 1,463	22.5% 942
Beaufort 21 of 21	44.3% 3,165	37.7% 2,690	18.0% 1,284
Bertie 12 of 12	38.2% 345	52.0% 470	9.7% 88
Bladen 17 of 17	56.9% 1,399	32.6% 802	10.5% 259
Brunswick 26 of 26	52.5% 11,584	20.8% 4,599	26.7% 5,884
Buncombe 80 of 80	30.9% 8,430	41.9% 11,433	27.3% 7,451
Burke 33 of 33	44.1% 4,985	37.8% 4,268	18.1% 2,045
Cabarrus 46 of 46	42.6% 11,300	38.1% 10,105	19.3% 5,116
Caldwell 20 of 20	45.4% 5,599	37.1% 4,567	17.5% 2,159
Camden 3 of 3	51.7% 749	29.5% 428	18.8% 273
Carteret 28 of 28	51.5% 7,077	28.6% 3,927	19.9% 2,731
Caswell 9 of 9	49.7% 995	39.2% 786	11.1% 222
Catawba 40 of 40	44.0% 10,991	38.8% 9,710	17.2% 4,296
Chatham 18 of 18	34.8% 3,121	38.0% 3,404	27.2% 2,441
Cherokee 16 of 16	50.4% 2,843	32.5% 1,833	17.1% 967
Chowan 6 of 6	43.5% 694	36.1% 576	20.4% 325
Clay 9 of 9	48.1% 1,215	34.7% 877	17.2% 434
Cleveland 21 of 21	44.7% 4,668	40.8% 4,252	14.5% 1,514
Columbus 26 of 26	60.7% 2,162	27.9% 993	11.4% 405
Craven 26 of 26	44.7% 5,608	34.2% 4,294	21.1% 2,646
Cumberland 77 of 77	47.4% 10,763	35.3% 8,006	17.3% 3,928
Currituck 11 of 11	54.2% 2,368	23.2% 1,012	22.7% 990
Dare 16 of 16	50.1% 2,650	21.9% 1,156	28.0% 1,479
Davidson 43 of 43	45.2% 10,964	38.6% 9,369	16.2% 3,937
Davie 14 of 14	41.1% 3,847	35.9% 3,359	23.1% 2,159
Duplin 19 of 19	48.1% 2,300	38.8% 1,859	13.1% 627
Durham 57 of 57	26.9% 4,381	37.7% 6,144	35.4% 5,762
Edgecombe 21 of 21	45.4% 1,160	42.3% 1,081	12.3% 315
Forsyth 101 of 101	33.9% 14,043	38.4% 15,888	27.7% 11,494
Franklin 18 of 18	40.5% 2,984	46.7% 3,443	12.8% 946
Gaston 46 of 46	45.4% 11,528	36.8% 9,336	17.9% 4,540
Gates 6 of 6	51.9% 387	34.2% 255	13.9% 104
Graham 4 of 4	51.8% 845	33.0% 538	15.2% 247
Granville 15 of 15	43.3% 2,215	42.6% 2,180	14.0% 717
Greene 10 of 10	42.8% 603	47.9% 675	9.4% 132
Guilford 165 of 165	34.5% 18,445	38.0% 20,265	27.5% 14,677
Halifax 25 of 25	51.5% 1,274	33.1% 818	15.4% 381
Harnett 13 of 13	44.3% 4,943	41.8% 4,670	13.9% 1,555
Haywood 29 of 29	39.8% 3,092	38.1% 2,960	22.1% 1,713
Henderson 35 of 35	33.7% 6,972	40.1% 8,301	26.2% 5,426
Hertford 13 of 13	48.6% 359	34.5% 255	16.9% 125
Hoke 15 of 15	49.7% 1,331	35.7% 957	14.6% 390
Hyde 7 of 7	52.5% 218	33.3% 138	14.2% 59
Iredell 29 of 29	46.2% 12,861	33.7% 9,401	20.1% 5,593
Jackson 14 of 14	39.5% 1,624	34.9% 1,434	25.5% 1,049
Johnston 36 of 36	41.5% 10,189	44.1% 10,826	14.3% 3,511
Jones 7 of 7	52.0% 576	36.9% 409	11.0% 122
Lee 10 of 10	42.1% 2,387	39.4% 2,233	18.5% 1,047
Lenoir 22 of 22	45.7% 2,277	37.9% 1,888	16.5% 822
Lincoln 23 of 23	45.8% 6,293	36.4% 5,003	17.8% 2,452
McDowell 17 of 17	41.2% 2,552	39.1% 2,422	19.6% 1,215
Macon 15 of 15	44.9% 2,870	31.3% 2,004	23.8% 1,520
Madison 12 of 12	40.0% 970	41.4% 1,003	18.6% 450
Martin 13 of 13	42.4% 793	46.1% 863	11.4% 214
Mecklenburg 195 of 195	32.5% 28,531	30.2% 26,557	37.3% 32,711
Mitchell 9 of 9	46.8% 1,775	31.3% 1,188	21.8% 827
Montgomery 14 of 14	51.8% 1,432	32.5% 899	15.6% 432
Moore 26 of 26	40.7% 7,347	32.9% 5,944	26.4% 4,772
Nash 24 of 24	41.0% 4,379	42.8% 4,578	16.2% 1,727
New Hanover 43 of 43	44.4% 12,631	25.1% 7,144	30.6% 8,701
Northampton 18 of 18	54.1% 557	31.4% 323	14.6% 150
Onslow 24 of 24	48.4% 8,343	33.0% 5,686	18.7% 3,224
Orange 44 of 44	27.5% 2,880	34.2% 3,586	38.4% 4,024
Pamlico 10 of 10	50.9% 999	28.3% 554	20.8% 408
Pasquotank 9 of 9	47.2% 1,355	32.5% 934	20.2% 581
Pender 20 of 20	52.5% 4,033	28.9% 2,222	18.6% 1,432
Perquimans 7 of 7	44.1% 726	32.2% 531	23.7% 390
Person 11 of 11	45.7% 1,872	41.9% 1,714	12.4% 507
Pitt 40 of 40	36.1% 5,556	42.7% 6,573	21.2% 3,260
Polk 7 of 7	46.2% 1,624	32.3% 1,135	21.5% 755
Randolph 22 of 22	42.8% 9,108	42.3% 9,013	14.9% 3,169
Richmond 16 of 16	55.1% 1,464	31.7% 841	13.2% 351
Robeson 39 of 39	50.8% 2,090	32.4% 1,332	16.8% 693
Rockingham 15 of 15	44.0% 4,911	39.9% 4,451	16.1% 1,800
Rowan 41 of 41	46.1% 9,369	37.1% 7,538	16.8% 3,425
Rutherford 17 of 17	49.1% 4,128	34.3% 2,882	16.6% 1,393
Sampson 23 of 23	48.1% 3,360	40.0% 2,795	11.9% 828
Scotland 10 of 10	48.9% 956	31.6% 617	19.5% 382
Stanly 23 of 23	49.2% 5,202	34.1% 3,607	16.6% 1,756
Stokes 20 of 20	46.0% 3,776	41.2% 3,380	12.7% 1,044
Surry 29 of 29	44.3% 4,213	40.5% 3,850	15.2% 1,449
Swain 5 of 5	45.5% 621	32.9% 449	21.6% 295
Transylvania 15 of 15	33.5% 1,932	37.1% 2,139	29.3% 1,691
Tyrrell 6 of 6	44.2% 141	35.4% 113	20.4% 65
Union 52 of 52	39.7% 12,641	38.7% 12,335	21.6% 6,863
Vance 12 of 12	50.3% 1,017	34.4% 696	15.2% 308
Wake 202 of 202	29.3% 35,174	40.4% 48,462	30.3% 36,412
Warren 14 of 14	53.5% 523	30.4% 297	16.2% 158
Washington 6 of 6	39.7% 282	48.2% 342	12.1% 86
Watauga 20 of 20	31.8% 2,321	37.2% 2,719	31.0% 2,263
Wayne 30 of 30	42.5% 4,954	42.2% 4,921	15.3% 1,781
Wilkes 28 of 28	46.6% 5,889	37.4% 4,730	15.9% 2,013
Wilson 24 of 24	41.0% 3,140	44.1% 3,383	14.9% 1,142
Yadkin 12 of 12	44.3% 3,436	41.0% 3,183	14.7% 1,143
Yancey 11 of 11	40.7% 1,174	39.9% 1,151	19.4% 561

Note: AP does not report county or town level results for this race.