2012Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2012 election for North Carolina Governor
Governor · North Carolina
Pat McCrory (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Walter H. Dalton (D) by 11.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat McCroryRepublican · winner
55.8%2,440,707
Walter H. DaltonDemocrat
44.2%1,931,580
4,372,287 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2012
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET