🗳Partial Hand Recount to Begin in Senate District 26 Contest
Raleigh, N.C. — The county boards of elections in Guilford and Rockingham counties on Tuesday morning will begin a partial hand recount of ballots in randomly selected precincts in the N.C. Senate District 26 contest between candidates Phil Berger and Sam Page.
After a full machine recount of all ballots cast in that contest, Candidate Page leads Candidate Berger by 23 votes, 13,135 to 13,112. State law [N.C.G.S. § 163-182.7A(a)] permits the trailing candidate to request a hand-to-eye recount in a random sample of Election Day precincts or early voting sites within 24 hours after the initial recount. Berger requested the recount.
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Berger must pick up a net two votes in the partial hand-to-eye recount to trigger a full hand recount of all ballots cast in the contest.
Under state law, the State Board must order a full recount if the trailing candidate makes up enough ground in the sample of precincts such that extrapolating that change to the entire Senate district would result in a different winner of the contest.
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Source: ncsbe.gov press release, Monday, March 23, 2026.
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