The ten members of the North Carolina Council of State are statewide-elected officers serving four-year terms.

The Republican Party nominated Mark Robinson, a businessman and first-time political candidate.

The Democratic party nominated State Representative Yvonne Lewis Holley.

Wood was challenged in the Democratic primary by Luis Toledo, a former Assistant State Auditor.

Anthony Street, a small business owner and member of the Brunswick County Soil and Water Board, won the Republican primary.

Duke University professor Ronnie Chatterji won the nomination of the Democratic Party by receiving 36% of the vote in the primary.

He defeated Charlotte City Council member Dimple Ajmera and Matt Leatherman, who served as policy director for former state treasurer Janet Cowell.

Johnson opted not to run for a second term as Superintendent, instead declaring his candidacy for lieutenant governor.

Jen Mangrum, an associate professor at UNC Greensboro, received the most votes out of the five candidates in the Democratic primary.

Three Democrats ran to challenge Troxler: Walter Smith, who ran for the office in 2012 and 2016 (losing to Troxler both times), Jenna Wadsworth, a Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor, and Donovan Alexander Watson, a businessman from Durham.

Despite this, Troxler still won the largest percentage of the vote of statewide candidate in North Carolina in 2020.

Josh Dobson, a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2013, won the Republican primary over Chuck Stanley, a construction safety manager, and former State Rep. Pearl Burris-Floyd.