DemocraticIncumbent
Amanda Cook
- Experience
- State legislature
North Carolina › North Carolina House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
North Carolina House District 60
Cook is very likely to win: Cook wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.
Cook (D)
>99%
chance of winning
Perrotta (R)
<1%
- Average margin
- D+33.5
- 80% of outcomes
- D+24 to D+43
- Partisan lean
- D+26
- Polls
- No pollsmodel only
Cook is very likely to win: Cook wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.
Cook (D)
>99%
chance of winning
Perrotta (R)
<1%
- Average margin
- D+32.8
- 80% of outcomes
- D+20 to D+46
- Partisan lean
- D+26
- Polls
- No pollsmodel only
Range of outcomes
Final margin across our simulations; the white dashes mark the middle 80%.
The candidates
Republican
Joseph Perrotta
What goes into the forecast
Every ingredient's estimate of the final margin.
- National environment
- D+9.5Election Day forecast
- North Carolina state offices
- +0.0Polls for governor, statewide and legislative races · details
- Environment here
- D+9.5Used by the fundamentals
- Swing reaching this office
- 58%Of a shift in the environment, from past legislative races since 2016
- Southeast adjustment
- −1.8How legislative races in the region have run against lean and environment lately
Each estimate is a margin before national and statewide uncertainty is simulated. Horizon blends polls, fundamentals and a little of the similar-places estimate, weighting each by how precise it is; Pulse uses polls and similar places only.
Fundamentals inputs
| Incumbency (+1 D, −1 R) | 1 |
| Fundraising edge (log ratio of individual money) | 1.24 |
| Elected-experience edge | 0.67 |
| First-term incumbent | 0 |
| Seat's last result vs. expectation | 2.62 |
| Incumbent's last result vs. expectation | 0 |
Polls
No public polls of this race. The forecast relies on fundamentals and on polling of similar places in the state.
The district
Lean D+26: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 86,388
- People per km²
- 753
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 28%
- White, no degree
- 25%of adults
- White 37%
- Hispanic 15%
- Black 37%
- Asian 7%
- Other / multiracial 5%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
37,827 votes · D+26.4✓ Cecil Brockman (D)63.2%
Joseph Perrotta (R)36.8%
2024 President Vote in this district
38,535 two-party votes · D+24.8 · D+26.3 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)62.4%
Donald Trump (R)37.6%
2022 Earlier district lines
24,918 votes · D+17.9✓ Cecil Brockman (D)58.9%
Bob Blasingame (R)41.1%
2020 Earlier district lines
78,468 votes · D+28.1✓ Cecil Brockman (D)64.1%
Frank Ragsdale (R)35.9%
2020 President Vote in this district
44,929 two-party votes · D+30.8 · D+26.3 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)65.4%
Donald Trump (R)34.6%
2016 President Vote in this district
39,290 two-party votes · D+27.6 · D+25.3 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)63.8%
Donald Trump (R)36.2%