The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:12(2.76% of 435)
2002 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
1990 Census: 6,632,448(2.67% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 8,067,673(2.86% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 4,349,290
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 5,685,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7:30 PM EST (0030 UTC) or 8:30 PM EST (0130 UTC) - NORTH CAROLINA allows its County Boards of Elections to decide whether to keep polls open until 8:30 p.m. EST but, outside of metropolitan areas, this local option is not often utilized and so 7:30 p.m. EST is the networks' earliest time of projection beacuse the vast majority of that state's polls will have closed by that hour.
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Mike Easley
First elected: 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Republican  Senator Jesse Helms
First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Possible Candidates: Elizabeth Dole (formal announcement 22 September 2001), Charlotte Mayor Richard Vinroot.
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Possible candidates: Erskine Bowles, Dan Blue
 22 August 2001: Senator Helms announced today that he will not be a candidate for re-election in 2002.
Class 3Democrat  Senator John Edwards
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 5 Democrats, 7 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Congressman Eva M. Clayton
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 20 November 2001: Congresswoman Clayton, 67, announced her retirement in 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Bob Etheridge
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Walter B. Jones
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman David Price
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Republican  Congressman Richard M. Burr
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Howard Coble
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman Mike McIntyre
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Robert C. "Robin" Hayes
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Republican  Congressman Sue Myrick
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 10Republican  Congressman T. Cass Ballenger
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 11Republican  Congressman Charles H. Taylor
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 12Democrat  Congressman Mel Watt
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

North Carolina has 100 counties and 12 congressional districts: 79 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 21 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD 1: Bertie, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Vance and Warren.
  • CD 2: Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee and Nash.
  • CD 3: Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Tyrell.
  • CD 4: Durham and Orange.
  • CD 5: Alamance, Caswell, Davie, Rockingham and Stokes.
  • CD 6: Moore and Randolph.
  • CD 7: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover and Pender.
  • CD 8: Anson, Cabarrus, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly and Union.
  • CD 9: Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln.
  • CD 10: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.
  • CD 11: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey.
  • CD 12: Rowan.
DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):
  • Beaufort: CDs 1 and 3
  • Chatham: CDs 4 and 6
  • Craven: CDs 1 and 3
  • Cumberland: CDs 7 and 8
  • Davidson: CDs 6 and 12
  • Forsyth: CDs 5 and 12
  • Granville: CDs 1 and 2
  • Guilford: CDs 5 and 6
  • Iredell: CDs 10 and 12
  • Jones: CDs 1 and 3
  • Lenoir: CDs 1 and 3
  • Mecklenburg: CDs 9 and 12
  • Person: CDs 1 and 4
  • Pitt: CDs 1 and 3
  • Robeson: CDs 7 and 8
  • Sampson: CDs 2 and 7
  • Surry: CDs 5 and 10
  • Wake: CDs 2 and 4
  • Washington: CDs 1 and 3
  • Wayne: CDs 1 and 3
  • Wilson: CDs 1 and 2