On Tuesday, March 15, voters in Orange County voted in the 2016 primary election.  It was a good night for Orange County incumbents.  In statewide races, there were few surprises.

2016 Primary Election Results

 

Non-Partisan Election Results

All voters in Orange County will decide the Connect NC Public Improvement Bond.  All voters in the Orange County Schools district will also cast votes for positions on the Orange County Board of Education.

Connect NC Public Improvement Bond
Candidate	Votes	Percent
For✔	1,401,801	65.56
Against	736,488	34.44

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

Orange County Board of Education
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Stephen H. Halkiotis✔	9,279	33.32
Tony McKnight✔	9,045	32.48
Matthew Roberts✔	8,571	30.77
Write-In	956	3.43

Precincts Reported: 16 of 16

 

Orange County Board of Education (Unexpired term ending 2018)
Candidate	Votes	Percent
John D. Hamilton	4,247	36.29
Michael H. Hood✔	6,056	51.74
Write-In	1,401	11.97

Precincts Reported: 16 of 16

Democratic Primary Election Results

Local Democratic voters across the county will cast their ballots for the Board of County Commissioners.  Democratic voters will also vote for party nominees for president, senator, governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general, commissioner of labor, superintendent of public instruction, and NC treasurer.

Orange County Races

 

County Commissioner At-Large
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Matt Hughes	12,183	40.84
Mark Marcoplos✔	13,932	46.71
Andy Cagle	3,713	12.45

Precincts Reported:  44 of 44

 

County Commissioner District 1
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Gary P. Kahn	1,214	3.56
Penny Rich✔	12,802	37.57
Jamezetta Bedford	9,840	28.88
Mark Dorosin✔	10,216	29.98

Precincts Reported: 29 of 29

 

County Commissioner District 2
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Bonnie Hauser	4,047	39.32
Renee Price✔	6,245	60.68

Precincts Reported: 16 of 16

Statewide Races

 

President
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Martin J. O’Malley	12,020	1.06
Bernie Sanders	460,343	40.76
Hillary Clinton ✔	616,568	54.59
Rosque Rocky De La Fuente	3,351	0.30
No Preference	37,194	3.29

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

US Senate
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Ernest T. Reeves	91,718	9.41
Chris Rey	160,672	16.49
Deborah K. Ross✔	607,764	62.38
Kevin D. Griffin	114,201	11.72

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Governor
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Ken Spaulding	319,381	31.23
Roy Cooper✔	703,141	68.77

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Lieutenant Governor
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Holly Jones	278,080	28.76
Ronald L. Newton	93,057	9.62
Robert Earl Wilson	101,458	10.49
Linda Coleman✔	494,433	51.13

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Attorney General
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Josh Stein✔	504,742	53.45
Marcus W. Williams	439,604	46.55

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Commissioner of Labor
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Charles Meeker✔	525,722	56.62
Mazie Ferguson	402,846	43.38

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Superintendent of Public Instruction
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Henry J. Pankey	193,86	20.15
June Atkinson✔	768,223	79.85

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Treasurer
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Dan Blue III✔	490,671	58.58
Ron Elmer	347,002	41.42

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

Republican Primary Election Results

Republican voters will be choosing party nominees for president, senator, governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of insurance, secretary of state, and superintendent of public instruction.

President
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Mike Huckabee	3,076	0.27
John R. Kasich	144,355	12.68
Rand Paul	2,708	0.24
Marco Rubio	87,864	7.71
Rick Santorum	656	0.06
Donald J. Trump✔	458,233	40.24
Jeb Bush	3,841	0.34
Ben Carson	10,914	0.96
Chris Christie	1,245	0.11
Ted Cruz	418,783	36.77
Carly Fiorina	919	0.08
Jim Gilmore	261	0.02
No Preference	6,021	0.53

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

US Senate
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Larry Holmquist	49,981	4.49
Paul Wright	85,892	8.48
Greg Brannon	254,944	25.18
Richard Burr✔	621,844	61.41

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Governor
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Pat McCrory✔	869,114	81.76
Charles Kenneth Moss	81,315	7.65
C. Robert Brawley	112,624	10.59

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Attorney General
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Buck Newton✔	499,616	54.92
Jim O’Neill	410,181	45.08

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Commissioner of Agriculture
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Andy Stevens	285,038	31.19
Steve Troxler✔	628,847	68.81

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Commissioner of Insurance
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Joe McLaughlin	270,276	32.94
Ronald (Ron) Pierce	212,042	25.85
Mike Causey✔	338,117	41.21

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Secretary of State
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Michael LaPaglia✔	495,380	61.57
A.J. Daoud	309,210	38.43

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

NC Superintendent of Public Instruction
Candidate	Votes	Percent
Mark Johnson✔	438,166	53.39
J. Wesley Sills	113,133	13.78
Rosemary Stein	269,464	32.83

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709

 

Libertarian Party Election Results

Libertarian voters will be choosing a nominee for president.

 

President
Candidate	Votes	Percent
John David Hale	326	5.68
Cecil Ince	72	1.25
Gary Johnson✔	2,389	41.63
Steven Elliot (Steve) Kerbel	104	1.81
Darryl W. Perry	116	2.02
Austin Petersen	185	3.22
Derrick Michael Reid	71	1.24
Jack B. Robinson Jr.	69	1.20
Rhett Rosenquest Smith	42	0.73
Barbara Joy Waymire	266	4.63
Marc Allan Feldman	64	1.12
No Preference	2,035	35.46

Precincts Reported: 2709 of 2709