North Carolina’s Council of State is composed of 10 elected executive positions, including the governor and lieutenant governor. Josh Stein is the N.C. Gov.-elect and Rachel Hunt is the Lt. Gov.-elect.
Here are the results for the other eight Council of State races with over 99 percent of precincts reporting:
Attorney General
- Democratic candidate U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson, (NC-14) defeated Republican challenger Dan Bishop with 51.65 percent of the vote.
- Bishop conceded the race to Jackson during a speech on Tuesday at 11 p.m.
Auditor
- Republican candidate Dave Boliek defeated Democratic challenger Jessica Holmes and Libertarian challenger Bob Drach, winning 49.37 percent of the vote.
- Holmes won 47.62 percent of the vote.
- Drach won 3.01 percent of the vote.
- Boliek’s platform focused on carrying out performance audits on state agencies and providing recommendations to the governor and General Assembly to improve or defund ineffective programs.
Commissioner of Agriculture
- Republican incumbent Steve Troxler won reelection. Troxler defeated two challengers, Democrat Sarah Taber and Libertarian Sean Haugh.
- Troxler won 52.62 percent of the vote.
- Taber won 44.95 percent of the vote.
- Haugh won 2.43 percent of the vote.
- Troxler has been the commissioner of agriculture since 2005.
