North Carolina Council of State election, 2016

The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2016 were held on November 8, 2016 to select the nine officers (ten, if the Governor, who chairs the Council, is included) of the North Carolina Council of State. This election coincided with the U.S. presidential election, U.S. House elections, the gubernatorial election and the statewide judicial elections. Primary elections were held March 15.

The nine members of the North Carolina Council of State are statewide-elected officers serving four-year terms. The pre-election partisan makeup of the Council of State consisted of 6 Democrats and 3 Republicans (4, including the Governor). After the election, the partisan makeup was reversed: 6 Republicans and 3 Democrats (4 Democrats, including the Governor).

Republican Pat McCrory, the incumbent, faced Democratic nominee Roy Cooper, the incumbent North Carolina Attorney General, and Libertarian nominee Lon Cecil in the general election. Cooper won with 49% of the vote.

Republican Dan Forest, the incumbent, faced Democratic nominee Linda Coleman, a former Director of the Office of State Personnel, former State Representative and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2012, and Libertarian nominee Jacki Cole in the general election. Forest won with more than 51% of the vote.

Democrat Roy Cooper, the incumbent, ran for governor.

Josh Stein, State Senator and former Deputy Attorney General of North Carolina, was the Democratic nominee for the post, and Buck Newton, another State Senator, was the Republican nominee. Stein won with just over 50% of the vote.

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