2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election
The 2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the secretary of state of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Elaine Marshall won re-election to an eighth term in office. This was the only Democratic-held secretary of state held up for election in 2024 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Elaine Marshall, incumbent secretary of state
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Chad Brown, Gaston County commissioner and candidate for secretary of state in 2020
Eliminated in primary
- Jesse Thomas, retired healthcare executive
- Christine Villaverde, disaster response consultant and nominee for in 2022
Withdrawn
- Darren Eustance, former chair of the Wake County Republican Party ''''
General election
Results
By congressional district
Despite losing the state, Brown won ten of 14 congressional districts.| District | Marshall | Brown | Representative |
| 52% | 48% | Don Davis | |
| 70% | 30% | Deborah Ross | |
| 43% | 57% | Greg Murphy | |
| 75% | 25% | Valerie Foushee | |
| 44% | 56% | Virginia Foxx | |
| 44% | 56% | Addison McDowell | |
| 46% | 54% | David Rouzer | |
| 42% | 58% | Mark Harris | |
| 45% | 55% | Richard Hudson | |
| 43% | 57% | Pat Harrigan | |
| 47% | 53% | Chuck Edwards | |
| 74% | 26% | Alma Adams | |
| 46% | 54% | Brad Knott | |
| 44% | 56% | Tim Moore |