NC GOV 2024 - Stein (D) vs Robinson (R)

[Sorenroy]

https://twitter.com/RoyCooperNC/status/1696862961342509270
Cooper endorsed Stein Wednesday. Probably not that unexpected, but it certainly puts a damper on the potential Morgan campaign. Maybe this would've been the case either way, but I don't think Morgan did himself any favors publicly speculating about a potential run for over a whole month.

[Sorenroy]

On Tuesday, North Carolina held runoffs for the two Republican council of state races that were not resolved during the March 5th regular primary due to the leading candidate receiving less than 30% of the vote. The final two nominees are Hal Weatherman for Lieutenant Governor and Dave Boliek for State Auditor.

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor:
Hal Weatherman — 74% (+55%); 96,461 (-85,357)
Jim O'Neill — 26% (+10%); 33,111 (-113,931)

North Carolina State Auditor:
Dave Boliek — 53% (+31%); 66,895 (-122,176)
Jack Clark — 47% (+24%); 58,974 (-139,819)

Interesting to note: Boliek was able reverse a narrow second-place finish from the regular primary, where he finished with 22% to Clark's 23%. Given North Carolina's runoff threshold being set so low, the runoff garnering such low turnout, and the narrow-ness of the initial primary results, this isn't an entirely unexpected outcome to have occurred, but it's worth noting. The last time a North Carolina statewide primary runoff reversed the first- and second-place finishers was in 2012 (when the runoff threshold was set at 40%), when Mike Causey beat Richard Morgan for Republican nominee for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in the July runoff. Causey finished 2% behind Morgan in the initial primary and was able to turn that into a 15 point victory two months later.