The Green Papers: North Carolina 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
Flag images courtesy of The World Flag Database. Copyright http://www.flags.net/ North Carolina
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:15(2.79% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
2000 Census:8,067,673 (2.86% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):5,797,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):5,122,123
Capital:Raleigh
 

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North Carolina State and Local Government


If no candidate receives 40% of the vote in the primary, the two leading candidates will proceed to a run off.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Democratic Senator Kay R. Hagan
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3 Republican Senator Richard M. Burr
First elected: 2004.
(also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002.)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue
First elected: 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Walter H. Dalton
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Democratic (8 Undetermined);
5 Republican (5 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman G. K. Butterfield
First elected in Special Election, 20 July 2004, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Frank W. Ballance, Jr.- effective 11 June 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Republican Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Democratic Congressman David E. Price
Returned to House: 1996
[previously served in House]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman Virginia Foxx
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman John Howard "Howard" Coble
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Mike McIntyre
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman Lawrence Webb "Larry" Kissell
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9
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Republican Congressman Suellen "Sue" Myrick
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 10
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Republican Congressman Patrick Timothy McHenry
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 11
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Democratic Congressman Joseph Heath "Heath" Shuler
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 12
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Democratic Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 13
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Democratic Congressman Ralph Bradley "Brad" Miller
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - 9 September 2009: Candidate for the Class 3 Senate seat in 2010.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Treasurer Janet Cowell
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Auditor Beth A. Wood
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steven W. "Steve" Troxler
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Labor Commissioner Cherie Killian Berry
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Public Instruction Superintendent June St. Clair Atkinson
First elected 2004 in a contested election which was decided by the State Legislature August 2005; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 17 incumbents
  Republican: 8 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2009 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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