2024 North Carolina State Treasurer election
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The 2024 North Carolina State Treasurer election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the North Carolina State Treasurer, concurrently with elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and other state and local elections. Incumbent Republican treasurer Dale Folwell declined to seek re-election a third term and instead ran for governor.[1]
Primary elections were held on March 5, 2024, also known as Super Tuesday.[2] Briner won the Republican primary with roughly 40% of the vote over candidates A.J. Daoud and Rachel Johnson, and Harris won the Democratic primary with 67% of the vote against Gabriel Esparza.[3]
Briner defeated Harris in the general election with 52.45% of the vote.[4]
Candidates
Nominee
- Brad Briner, investment manager for Michael Bloomberg and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustee[5][6]
Eliminated in primary
- A.J. Daoud, former member of the North Carolina Education Lottery Commission and perennial candidate (originally ran for state auditor)[6][7]
- Rachel Johnson, businesswoman[6][8]
Withdrawn
- John Bradford, state representative from the 98th district (2015-2019, 2021-2025) (ran for U.S. House)[7]
- James Upchurch, former Guilford County commissioner (ran for state auditor)[9][10]
Declined
- Dale Folwell, incumbent state treasurer (ran for governor)[11]
Results
Briner
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
Johnson
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
Daoud
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brad Briner | 346,160 | 39.94% | |
| Republican | Rachel Johnson | 299,158 | 34.51% | |
| Republican | A. J. Daoud | 221,442 | 25.55% | |
| Total votes | 866,760 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Wesley Harris, state representative from the 105th district (2019-2025)[6][12]
Eliminated in primary
- Gabe Esparza, former executive and Small Business Administration official[6][13]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Gabe Esparza |
Wesley Harris |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling (D)[14] | December 15–16, 2023 | 556 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 9% | 14% | 77% |
Results
Harris
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
- ≥90%
Esparza
- 50–60%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wesley Harris | 433,791 | 66.59% | |
| Democratic | Gabe Esparza | 217,689 | 33.41% | |
| Total votes | 651,480 | 100.0% | ||
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Brad Briner (R) |
Wesley Harris (D) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiVote[15] | October 8–26, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 49% | 51% | – |
| Cygnal (R)[16][A] | October 12–14, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 3.99% | 43% | 42% | 15% |
| ActiVote[17] | August 20 – September 22, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 50% | 50% | – |
| Cygnal (R)[18][A] | September 15–16, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 42% | 40% | 18% |
| YouGov (D)[19][B] | August 5–9, 2024 | 802 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 40% | 41% | 20% |
| Cygnal (R)[20][A] | August 4–5, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 40% | 35% | 25% |
| Cygnal (R)[21][C][C] | March 6–7, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 43% | 37% | 20% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brad Briner | 2,900,059 | 52.45% | –0.13% | |
| Democratic | Wesley Harris | 2,629,444 | 47.55% | +0.13% | |
| Total votes | 5,529,503 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
| County | Brad Briner
Republican |
Wesley Harris
Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alamance | 47,793 | 54.50% | 39,904 | 45.50% | 7,889 | 9.00% | 87,697 |
| Alexander | 15,828 | 79.00% | 4,207 | 21.00% | 11,621 | 58.00% | 20,035 |
| Alleghany | 4,657 | 74.76% | 1,572 | 25.24% | 3,085 | 49.52% | 6,229 |
| Anson | 5,277 | 49.78% | 5,324 | 50.22% | -47 | -0.44% | 10,601 |
| Ashe | 11,315 | 72.07% | 4,386 | 27.93% | 6,929 | 44.14% | 15,701 |
| Avery | 7,006 | 76.95% | 2,099 | 23.05% | 4,907 | 53.90% | 9,105 |
| Beaufort | 16,993 | 65.65% | 8,893 | 34.35% | 8,100 | 31.30% | 25,886 |
| Bertie | 3,655 | 40.91% | 5,279 | 59.09% | -1,624 | -18.18% | 8,934 |
| Bladen | 9,463 | 58.39% | 6,744 | 41.61% | 2,719 | 16.78% | 16,207 |
| Brunswick | 68,125 | 64.55% | 37,412 | 35.45% | 30,713 | 29.10% | 105,537 |
| Buncombe | 59,349 | 38.32% | 95,511 | 61.68% | -36,162 | -23.36% | 154,860 |
| Burke | 31,302 | 70.20% | 13,285 | 29.80% | 18,017 | 40.40% | 44,587 |
| Cabarrus | 63,862 | 54.91% | 52,436 | 45.09% | 11,426 | 9.82% | 116,298 |
| Caldwell | 32,339 | 76.26% | 10,069 | 23.74% | 22,270 | 52.52% | 42,408 |
| Camden | 4,599 | 75.50% | 1,492 | 24.50% | 3,107 | 51.00% | 6,091 |
| Carteret | 32,323 | 72.74% | 12,114 | 27.26% | 20,209 | 45.48% | 44,437 |
| Caswell | 7,180 | 61.66% | 4,465 | 38.34% | 2,715 | 23.32% | 11,645 |
| Catawba | 58,039 | 69.83% | 25,081 | 30.17% | 32,958 | 39.66% | 83,120 |
| Chatham | 23,004 | 45.28% | 27,797 | 54.72% | -4,793 | -9.44% | 50,801 |
| Cherokee | 13,739 | 78.71% | 3,717 | 21.29% | 10,022 | 57.42% | 17,456 |
| Chowan | 4,462 | 61.12% | 2,838 | 38.88% | 1,624 | 22.24% | 7,300 |
| Clay | 5,624 | 75.51% | 1,824 | 24.49% | 3,800 | 51.02% | 7,448 |
| Cleveland | 33,724 | 67.18% | 16,477 | 32.82% | 17,247 | 34.35% | 50,201 |
| Columbus | 16,804 | 65.63% | 8,802 | 34.37% | 8,002 | 31.26% | 25,606 |
| Craven | 33,263 | 61.10% | 21,181 | 38.90% | 12,082 | 22.20% | 54,444 |
| Cumberland | 58,329 | 42.68% | 78,338 | 57.32% | -20,009 | -14.64% | 136,667 |
| Currituck | 13,002 | 74.47% | 4,457 | 25.53% | 8,545 | 48.94% | 17,459 |
| Dare | 14,610 | 60.58% | 9,505 | 39.42% | 5,105 | 21.16% | 24,115 |
| Davidson | 67,904 | 73.89% | 23,990 | 26.11% | 43,914 | 47.78% | 91,894 |
| Davie | 19,682 | 74.59% | 6,704 | 25.41% | 12,978 | 49.18% | 26,386 |
| Duplin | 14,186 | 63.98% | 7,985 | 36.02% | 6,201 | 27.96% | 22,171 |
| Durham | 36,224 | 20.47% | 140,713 | 79.53% | -104,489 | -59.06% | 176,937 |
| Edgecombe | 9,124 | 37.88% | 14,961 | 62.12% | -5,837 | -24.24% | 24,085 |
| Forsyth | 88,877 | 44.95% | 108,836 | 55.05% | -19,959 | -10.10% | 197,713 |
| Franklin | 23,529 | 56.54% | 18,089 | 43.46% | 5,440 | 13.08% | 41,618 |
| Gaston | 72,790 | 62.98% | 42,780 | 37.02% | 30,010 | 25.96% | 115,570 |
| Gates | 3,384 | 59.96% | 2,260 | 40.04% | 1,124 | 19.92% | 5,644 |
| Graham | 3,551 | 79.58% | 911 | 20.42% | 2,640 | 59.16% | 4,462 |
| Granville | 17,121 | 54.55% | 14,267 | 45.45% | 2,854 | 9.10% | 31,388 |
| Greene | 4,711 | 57.28% | 3,513 | 42.72% | 1,198 | 14.56% | 8,224 |
| Guilford | 110,205 | 39.87% | 166,191 | 60.13% | -55,986 | -20.26% | 276,396 |
| Halifax | 9,353 | 39.93% | 14,071 | 60.07% | -4,718 | -20.14% | 23,424 |
| Harnett | 38,752 | 62.25% | 23,496 | 37.75% | 15,256 | 24.50% | 62,248 |
| Haywood | 23,068 | 62.40% | 13,900 | 37.60% | 9,168 | 24.80% | 36,968 |
| Henderson | 40,608 | 59.23% | 27,957 | 40.77% | 12,651 | 18.46% | 68,565 |
| Hertford | 3,350 | 35.17% | 6,176 | 64.83% | -2,826 | -29.66% | 9,526 |
| Hoke | 10,020 | 45.85% | 11,832 | 54.15% | -1,812 | -8.30% | 21,852 |
| Hyde | 1,385 | 59.39% | 947 | 40.61% | 438 | 18.78% | 2,332 |
| Iredell | 72,293 | 67.43% | 34,921 | 32.57% | 37,372 | 34.86% | 107,214 |
| Jackson | 11,658 | 54.72% | 9,645 | 45.28% | 2,013 | 9.44% | 21,303 |
| Johnston | 73,605 | 61.21% | 46,653 | 38.79% | 26,952 | 22.42% | 120,258 |
| Jones | 3,301 | 62.18% | 2,008 | 37.82% | 1,293 | 24.36% | 5,309 |
| Lee | 16,911 | 58.30% | 12,096 | 41.70% | 4,815 | 16.60% | 29,007 |
| Lenoir | 14,198 | 52.88% | 12,649 | 47.12% | 1,549 | 5.76% | 26,847 |
| Lincoln | 39,859 | 73.63% | 14,273 | 26.37% | 25,586 | 47.26% | 54,132 |
| Macon | 14,510 | 69.17% | 6,468 | 30.83% | 8,042 | 38.34% | 20,978 |
| Madison | 7,957 | 60.01% | 5,303 | 39.99% | 2,654 | 20.02% | 13,260 |
| Martin | 6,227 | 53.14% | 5,491 | 46.86% | 736 | 6.28% | 11,718 |
| McDowell | 17,068 | 74.38% | 5,880 | 25.62% | 11,188 | 48.76% | 22,948 |
| Mecklenburg | 203,182 | 35.89% | 363,010 | 64.11% | -159,828 | -28.22% | 566,192 |
| Mitchell | 6,562 | 77.63% | 1,891 | 22.37% | 4,671 | 55.26% | 8,453 |
| Montgomery | 8,741 | 67.81% | 4,150 | 32.19% | 4,591 | 35.62% | 12,891 |
| Moore | 39,707 | 66.65% | 19,871 | 33.35% | 19,836 | 33.30% | 59,578 |
| Nash | 25,987 | 50.52% | 25,447 | 49.48% | 540 | 1.04% | 51,434 |
| New Hanover | 69,319 | 51.81% | 64,481 | 48.19% | 4,838 | 3.62% | 133,800 |
| Northampton | 3,663 | 40.89% | 5,295 | 59.11% | -1,632 | -18.22% | 8,958 |
| Onslow | 52,240 | 68.05% | 24,529 | 31.95% | 27,711 | 36.10% | 76,769 |
| Orange | 22,609 | 26.54% | 62,590 | 73.46% | -39,981 | -46.92% | 85,199 |
| Pamlico | 5,158 | 66.38% | 2,612 | 33.62% | 2,546 | 32.76% | 7,770 |
| Pasquotank | 10,330 | 51.99% | 9,539 | 48.01% | 791 | 3.98% | 19,869 |
| Pender | 25,775 | 68.46% | 11,873 | 31.54% | 13,902 | 36.92% | 37,648 |
| Perquimans | 5,265 | 69.66% | 2,293 | 30.34% | 2,972 | 39.32% | 7,558 |
| Person | 12,640 | 60.74% | 8,171 | 39.26% | 4,469 | 21.48% | 20,811 |
| Pitt | 39,652 | 47.08% | 44,567 | 52.92% | -4,915 | -5.84% | 84,219 |
| Polk | 7,965 | 62.75% | 4,728 | 37.25% | 3,237 | 25.50% | 12,693 |
| Randolph | 58,406 | 78.87% | 15,643 | 21.13% | 42,763 | 57.74% | 74,049 |
| Richmond | 11,228 | 58.60% | 7,934 | 41.40% | 3,294 | 17.20% | 19,162 |
| Robeson | 26,347 | 59.47% | 17,956 | 40.53% | 8,391 | 18.94% | 44,303 |
| Rockingham | 32,492 | 67.41% | 15,705 | 32.59% | 16,787 | 34.82% | 48,197 |
| Rowan | 49,941 | 68.49% | 22,980 | 31.51% | 26,961 | 36.98% | 72,921 |
| Rutherford | 24,741 | 73.56% | 8,893 | 26.44% | 15,848 | 47.12% | 33,634 |
| Sampson | 17,193 | 64.08% | 9,638 | 35.92% | 7,555 | 28.16% | 26,831 |
| Scotland | 7,383 | 52.13% | 6,779 | 47.87% | 604 | 4.26% | 14,162 |
| Stanly | 26,896 | 75.38% | 8,784 | 24.62% | 18,112 | 50.76% | 35,680 |
| Stokes | 21,011 | 79.48% | 5,424 | 20.52% | 15,587 | 58.96% | 26,435 |
| Surry | 27,803 | 76.12% | 8,721 | 23.88% | 19,082 | 52.24% | 36,524 |
| Swain | 4,024 | 61.24% | 2,547 | 38.76% | 1,477 | 22.48% | 6,571 |
| Transylvania | 11,558 | 57.08% | 8,692 | 42.92% | 2,866 | 14.16% | 20,250 |
| Tyrrell | 973 | 58.47% | 691 | 41.53% | 282 | 16.94% | 1,664 |
| Union | 86,640 | 64.48% | 47,731 | 35.52% | 38,909 | 28.96% | 134,371 |
| Vance | 8,249 | 42.13% | 11,330 | 57.87% | -3,081 | -15.74% | 19,579 |
| Wake | 252,287 | 39.76% | 382,222 | 60.24% | -129,935 | -20.48% | 634,509 |
| Warren | 3,888 | 39.04% | 6,072 | 60.96% | -2,184 | -21.92% | 9,960 |
| Washington | 2,665 | 45.64% | 3,174 | 54.36% | -509 | -8.72% | 5,839 |
| Watauga | 15,074 | 48.14% | 16,239 | 51.86% | -1,165 | -3.72% | 31,313 |
| Wayne | 31,009 | 58.15% | 22,314 | 41.85% | 8,695 | 16.30% | 53,323 |
| Wilkes | 27,898 | 79.29% | 7,285 | 20.71% | 20,613 | 58.58% | 35,183 |
| Wilson | 19,321 | 49.27% | 19,892 | 50.73% | -571 | -1.46% | 39,213 |
| Yadkin | 16,142 | 81.28% | 3,718 | 18.72% | 12,424 | 62.56% | 19,860 |
| Yancey | 7,018 | 64.53% | 3,858 | 35.47% | 3,160 | 29.06% | 10,876 |
| Totals | 2,900,059 | 52.45% | 2,629,444 | 47.55% | 270,615 | 4.90% | 5,529,503 |
By congressional district
Briner won 11 of 14 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[23]
| District | Briner | Harris | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 51% | 49% | Don Davis |
| 2nd | 36% | 64% | Deborah Ross |
| 3rd | 61% | 39% | Greg Murphy |
| 4th | 29% | 71% | Valerie Foushee |
| 5th | 59% | 41% | Virginia Foxx |
| 6th | 59% | 41% | Addison McDowell |
| 7th | 58% | 42% | David Rouzer |
| 8th | 61% | 39% | Mark Harris |
| 9th | 58% | 42% | Richard Hudson |
| 10th | 60% | 40% | Pat Harrigan |
| 11th | 55% | 45% | Chuck Edwards |
| 12th | 29% | 71% | Alma Adams |
| 13th | 59% | 41% | Brad Knott |
| 14th | 58% | 42% | Tim Moore |