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Election 1944 Results

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1944 North Carolina governor election

R. Gregg Cherry (Democrat) beat Frank C. Patton (Republican) in North Carolina in 1944, 69.6% to 30.4%, a margin of 39.2 points and 297,997 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when J. Melville Broughton won.

Democrats led in 75 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Guilford, cast 37,887 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.0 points. The closest was Pamlico, where 49 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R. Gregg Cherry won Democratic 528,995 69.6%
Frank C. Patton Republican 230,998 30.4%
Total759,993

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Guilford 21,030 55.5% 16,857 44.5% 37,887 D+11.0
Mecklenburg 24,163 74.3% 8,368 25.7% 32,531 D+48.6
Buncombe 18,663 59.3% 12,784 40.7% 31,447 D+18.7
Forsyth 21,595 100.0% 0 0.0% 21,595 D+100.0
Wake 16,149 80.9% 3,814 19.1% 19,963 D+61.8
Gaston 16,422 100.0% 0 0.0% 16,422 D+100.0
Davidson 16,020 100.0% 0 0.0% 16,020 D+100.0
Burke 5,437 35.4% 9,935 64.6% 15,372 R+29.3
Alamance 8,076 53.6% 6,999 46.4% 15,075 D+7.1
Catawba 14,810 100.0% 0 0.0% 14,810 D+100.0
Surry 6,515 45.7% 7,754 54.3% 14,269 R+8.7
Iredell 7,254 50.9% 7,009 49.1% 14,263 D+1.7
Stanly 4,782 34.0% 9,302 66.0% 14,084 R+32.1
Randolph 13,713 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,713 D+100.0
Rutherford 6,495 47.7% 7,111 52.3% 13,606 R+4.5
Durham 13,437 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,437 D+100.0
Sampson 3,485 26.8% 9,539 73.2% 13,024 R+46.5
Rowan 13,020 100.0% 0 0.0% 13,020 D+100.0
Wilkes 12,550 100.0% 0 0.0% 12,550 D+100.0
Rockingham 7,215 61.6% 4,504 38.4% 11,719 D+23.1
Caldwell 4,636 40.5% 6,824 59.5% 11,460 R+19.1
Henderson 4,240 38.0% 6,913 62.0% 11,153 R+24.0
Cabarrus 11,077 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,077 D+100.0
Ashe 3,805 34.5% 7,233 65.5% 11,038 R+31.1
Haywood 6,595 60.5% 4,313 39.5% 10,908 D+20.9
Johnston 10,702 100.0% 0 0.0% 10,702 D+100.0
New Hanover 8,429 79.2% 2,209 20.8% 10,638 D+58.5
Cleveland 7,161 67.6% 3,432 32.4% 10,593 D+35.2
Harnett 5,477 54.0% 4,665 46.0% 10,142 D+8.0
Lincoln 3,573 38.7% 5,664 61.3% 9,237 R+22.6
Yadkin 2,080 22.7% 7,099 77.3% 9,179 R+54.7
Watauga 2,906 31.8% 6,239 68.2% 9,145 R+36.4
Cumberland 5,782 72.3% 2,219 27.7% 8,001 D+44.5
Robeson 6,176 84.9% 1,101 15.1% 7,277 D+69.7
Davie 1,960 27.3% 5,228 72.7% 7,188 R+45.5
Nash 6,261 88.1% 847 11.9% 7,108 D+76.2
Pitt 6,992 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,992 D+100.0
Chatham 3,201 46.2% 3,731 53.8% 6,932 R+7.6
McDowell 3,416 49.4% 3,495 50.6% 6,911 R+1.1
Columbus 4,751 69.1% 2,123 30.9% 6,874 D+38.2
Alexander 2,001 29.8% 4,707 70.2% 6,708 R+40.3
Yancey 2,836 42.3% 3,861 57.7% 6,697 R+15.3
Duplin 4,550 68.7% 2,070 31.3% 6,620 D+37.5
Wayne 6,571 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,571 D+100.0
Macon 2,468 38.5% 3,935 61.5% 6,403 R+22.9
Cherokee 2,213 34.7% 4,163 65.3% 6,376 R+30.6
Stokes 6,300 100.0% 0 0.0% 6,300 D+100.0
Union 4,827 78.1% 1,356 21.9% 6,183 D+56.1
Wilson 5,263 87.0% 787 13.0% 6,050 D+74.0
Mitchell 825 14.0% 5,084 86.0% 5,909 R+72.1
Edgecombe 5,518 93.9% 357 6.1% 5,875 D+87.8
Halifax 5,843 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,843 D+100.0
Jackson 5,832 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,832 D+100.0
Madison 5,559 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,559 D+100.0
Montgomery 2,329 43.4% 3,038 56.6% 5,367 R+13.2
Moore 5,339 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,339 D+100.0
Beaufort 3,980 75.3% 1,303 24.7% 5,283 D+50.7
Brunswick 1,985 38.8% 3,137 61.2% 5,122 R+22.5
Richmond 5,109 100.0% 0 0.0% 5,109 D+100.0
Orange 2,931 61.0% 1,876 39.0% 4,807 D+21.9
Lenoir 4,280 89.6% 499 10.4% 4,779 D+79.1
Polk 2,091 45.3% 2,521 54.7% 4,612 R+9.3
Transylvania 4,492 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,492 D+100.0
Craven 4,438 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,438 D+100.0
Carteret 4,246 100.0% 0 0.0% 4,246 D+100.0
Swain 1,821 43.9% 2,325 56.1% 4,146 R+12.2
Vance 3,462 87.5% 493 12.5% 3,955 D+75.1
Graham 1,553 41.4% 2,198 58.6% 3,751 R+17.2
Martin 3,557 95.3% 175 4.7% 3,732 D+90.6
Alleghany 1,596 43.0% 2,112 57.0% 3,708 R+13.9
Lee 3,535 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,535 D+100.0
Franklin 3,403 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,403 D+100.0
Anson 3,344 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,344 D+100.0
Avery 3,258 100.0% 0 0.0% 3,258 D+100.0
Granville 2,669 89.6% 309 10.4% 2,978 D+79.2
Bladen 2,121 71.8% 832 28.2% 2,953 D+43.7
Northampton 2,950 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,950 D+100.0
Pasquotank 2,291 79.0% 609 21.0% 2,900 D+58.0
Person 2,076 74.4% 713 25.6% 2,789 D+48.9
Onslow 2,071 78.5% 566 21.5% 2,637 D+57.1
Bertie 2,572 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,572 D+100.0
Washington 1,529 67.6% 734 32.4% 2,263 D+35.1
Warren 2,091 92.4% 171 7.6% 2,262 D+84.9
Scotland 2,002 89.3% 241 10.7% 2,243 D+78.5
Caswell 1,587 72.3% 608 27.7% 2,195 D+44.6
Clay 2,159 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,159 D+100.0
Greene 1,941 93.5% 134 6.5% 2,075 D+87.1
Pamlico 1,036 51.2% 987 48.8% 2,023 D+2.4
Pender 1,467 74.0% 516 26.0% 1,983 D+48.0
Hoke 1,519 89.7% 175 10.3% 1,694 D+79.3
Hertford 1,570 94.4% 94 5.6% 1,664 D+88.7
Chowan 1,145 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,145 D+100.0
Jones 1,128 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,128 D+100.0
Currituck 1,046 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,046 D+100.0
Hyde 680 65.9% 352 34.1% 1,032 D+31.8
Gates 885 86.4% 139 13.6% 1,024 D+72.9
Dare 1,007 100.0% 0 0.0% 1,007 D+100.0
Perquimans 917 100.0% 0 0.0% 917 D+100.0
Tyrrell 490 57.2% 367 42.8% 857 D+14.4
Camden 646 82.0% 142 18.0% 788 D+64.0

Counties as they stood in 1944; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

North Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Josh Stein (D) D+14.8
2020 Roy Cooper (D) D+4.5
2016 Roy Cooper (D) D+0.2
2012 Pat McCrory (R) R+11.4
2008 Bev Perdue (D) D+3.4
2004 Mike Easley (D) D+12.7
2000 Mike Easley (D) D+5.8
1996 Jim Hunt (D) D+13.2
1992 Jim Hunt (D) D+9.5
1988 James G. Martin (R) R+12.1
1984 James G. Martin (R) R+8.8
1980 Jim Hunt (D) D+24.5
1976 Jim Hunt (D) D+31.1
1972 James Holshouser (R) R+2.5
1968 Robert W. Scott (D) D+5.4
1964 Dan K. Moore (D) D+13.2
1960 Terry Sanford (D) D+9.0
1956 Luther H. Hodges (D) D+33.9
1952 William B. Umstead (D) D+35.0
1948 W. Kerr Scott (D) D+47.0
1944 R. Gregg Cherry (D) D+39.2
1940 J. Melville Broughton (D) D+51.4
1936 Clyde R. Hoey (D) D+33.8
1932 J. C.B. Ehringhaus (D) D+40.1
1928 O. Max Gardner (D) D+11.1
1924 Angus Wilton McLean (D) D+22.7
1920 Cameron Morrison (D) D+14.5
1916 Thomas W. Bickett (D) D+16.6
1912 Locke Craig (D) D+43.5
1908 William W. Kitchin (D) D+14.7
1904 Robert B. Glenn (D) D+23.6
1900 Charles B. Aycock (D) D+19.3
1896 Daniel L. Russell (R) R+2.6
1892 Elias Carr (D) D+14.5
1888 Daniel G. Fowle (D) D+5.0
1884 Alfred M. Scales (D) D+7.7
1880 Thomas J. Jarvis (D) D+2.6
1876 Zebulon B. Vance (D) D+5.7
1872 Tod R. Caldwell (R) R+1.0
1868 William W. Holden (R) R+55.5
1866 Jonathan Worth (other)
1865 Jonathan Worth (other)