2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to one-third of the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Roy Cooper is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, and announced his intention to do so on December 5,
2019. This will be the first gubernatorial election in North Carolina since 2004 where Pat McCrory is not the Republican nominee.
Under a 2018 state law, party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Polling
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Dan
Forest | Holly
Grange | Pat
McCrory | Undecided |
| December 2–4, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.38% | 31% | 3% | 42% | 25% |
Results
Other candidates
Libertarian Party
Nominee
Nominee
Predictions
Endorsements
Polling
;with Holly Grange
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Roy
Cooper | Holly
Grange | Other /
Undecided |
| February 27–28, 2020 | 1,288 | ± 3.2% | 49% | 33% | 18% |
| October 15–17, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 46% | 27% | 27% |
| August 1–4, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 48% | 30% | 22% |
;with Phil Berger
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Roy
Cooper | Phil
Berger | Other /
Undecided |
| June 17–18, 2019 | 610 | ± 4.0% | 46% | 39% | 16% |
| January 4–7, 2019 | 750 | ± 3.6% | 48% | 34% | 18% |
;with Pat McCrory
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Roy
Cooper | Pat
McCrory | Other /
Undecided |
| October 15–17, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 44% | 38% | 18% |
| August 1–4, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 47% | 38% | 14% |
| January 4–7, 2019 | 750 | ± 3.6% | 45% | 41% | 14% |
;with Tim Moore
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Roy
Cooper | Tim
Moore | Other /
Undecided |
| June 17–18, 2019 | 610 | ± 4.0% | 46% | 38% | 16% |
| January 4–7, 2019 | 750 | ± 3.6% | 46% | 32% | 22% |
;with Thom Tillis
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Roy
Cooper | Thom
Tillis | Other /
Undecided |
| January 4–7, 2019 | 750 | ± 3.6% | 46% | 37% | 17% |
Results
