The 2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor of North Carolina. Democratic state Senator Rachel Hunt won her first term in office, defeating Republican state official Hal Weatherman. She succeeded Republican incumbent Mark Robinson, who did not seek re-election in order to unsuccessfully run for governor.
In her party's primary, Hunt won the Democratic nomination with 70% of the vote over former state Senator Ben Clark and businessman Mark H. Robinson (no relation to the incumbent). Weatherman won the Republican nomination with 74% of the vote over Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neil in a runoff after no candidate received over 30% of the vote in his party's primary. Hunt won the general election with 49.5% the vote to Weatherman's 47.6%, making her the first Democrat elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina since Walter Dalton in 2008.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Hal Weatherman, businessman and former chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest
Eliminated in runoff
- Jim O'Neill, Forsyth County district attorney and nominee for attorney general in 2020
Eliminated in primary
- Deanna Ballard, former state senator from the 45th district
- Peter Boykin, political commentator and founder of Gays for Trump
- Rivera Douthit, evangelist
- Jeffrey Elmore, state representative from the 94th district
- Allen Mashburn, pastor
- Marlenis Hernandez Novoa, paramedic and firefighter
- Sam Page, Rockingham County sheriff
- Ernest T. Reeves, businessman and perennial candidate
- Seth Woodall, attorney
Withdrawn
- Jim Kee, former Greensboro city councilor (ran for state auditor)
Declined
- Mark Robinson, incumbent lieutenant governor (endorsed Weatherman, ran for governor)
Endorsements
Jeffrey Elmore
Allen Mashburn
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Rachel Hunt, state senator from the 42nd district and daughter of former Governor Jim Hunt
Eliminated in primary
- Ben Clark, former state senator from the 21st district and nominee for North Carolina's 9th congressional district in 2022
- Mark H. Robinson, businessman (no relation to incumbent lieutenant governor Mark Robinson)
Withdrawn
- Delmonte Crawford, civil rights activist (ran for mayor of Raleigh)
- Chris Rey, former mayor of Spring Lake and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016
- Raymond Smith Jr., former state representative from the 21st district (ran for mayor of Goldsboro)
Endorsements
Rachel Hunt
Libertarian Party
Withdrew after nomination
- Dee Watson, oncology researcher
Replacement nominee
- Shannon Bray, cybersecurity professional and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and 2022
Constitution Party
Nominee
- Wayne Jones, central regional director for the North Carolina Constitution Party
General election
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- New Hanover (largest municipality: Wilmington)
- Nash (largest municipality: Rocky Mount)
By congressional district
Despite losing the state, Weatherman won ten of 14 congressional districts.