The Green Papers: North Carolina 2014 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary and CD12 Special Primary: Tuesday 6 May 2014
✓ Second Primary (CD5 D, CD6 R): Tuesday 15 July 2014
✓ General Election, CD12 Special Election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Friday 28 February 2014 - Filing Deadline - Primary.
Tuesday 6 May 2014 - Primary and CD12 Special Primary. Polling hours 6:30a EDT (1030 UTC) to 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC). In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 p.m.
Friday 27 June 2014 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor.
Tuesday 15 July 2014 - Second Primary (CD5 D, CD6 R). Polling hours 6:30a EDT (1030 UTC) to 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC). In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday 4 November 2014 - General Election, CD12 Special Election. Polling hours 6:30a EST (1130 UTC) to 7:30p EST (0030 UTC). In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 p.m.
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:9,565,781 (3.09% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:15(2.79% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
Capital:Raleigh
 

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North Carolina State and Local Government

North Carolina 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


If no candidate receives 40% of the vote in the North Carolina 6 May 2014 primary, the two leading candidates proceed to a Tuesday 15 July 2014 run off.

Primary contests proceeding to runoff:

  • U.S. House CD 5 Democratic: Joshua Ethan "Josh" Brannon v. Gardenia Mae Henley. Brannon won the 15 July runoff with 63% of the vote.
  • U.S. House CD 6 Republican: Philip Edward "Phil" Berger, Jr. v. Bradley Mark "Mark" Walker. Walker won the 15 July runoff with 60% of the vote.

2014 election certified returns from the State Board of Elections as of 25 November 2014.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 113th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Senator Janet Kay Ruthven "Kay" Hagan
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 1,423,259 48.82% state Representative Thomas Roland "Thom" Tillis
FEC S4NC00162; 24 Nov 14; Tot $10,534,882; Dsb $10,035,701
  Candidate Democratic 1,377,651 47.26% Senator Janet Kay Ruthven "Kay" Hagan
FEC S8NC00239; 24 Nov 14; Tot $22,516,118; Dsb $23,693,312
  Candidate Libertarian 109,100 3.74% Sean Newton Haugh
FEC S2NC00257; 01 Dec 14; Tot $14,393; Dsb $14,496
  Candidate Write-in 4,307 0.15% Write-In (Miscellaneous)
  Candidate Write-in 621 0.02% John Rhodes
FEC S4NC00287
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 201 0.01% former Indian Trail Councilman David Waddell
FEC S4NC00295
  Candidate Write-in 142 0.00% Barry Gurney
FEC S4NC00279
Total 2,915,281 100.00%  

Class 3 Republican Senator Richard M. Burr
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2010.
(also served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002.)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list
  Candidate Democratic     Dave McCoy
FEC S6NC00258
  Candidate Republican     Senator Richard M. Burr
FEC S4NC00089

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Patrick "Pat" McCrory
First elected: 2012
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 Candidate list
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General Roy Cooper
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Kenneth "Ken" Spaulding
  Candidate Republican     Governor Patrick "Pat" McCrory

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

113th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2014, 2016. No Term Limit. 113th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (2 Renominated, 1 Open, 1 Undetermined);
9 Republican (8 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman George Kenneth "G. K." Butterfield, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
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 regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Democratic 154,333 73.38% Congressman George Kenneth "G. K." Butterfield, Jr.
FEC H4NC01046; 24 Nov 14; Tot $851,117; Dsb $686,311
  Candidate Republican 55,990 26.62% Arthur Jason Rich
FEC H4NC01095; 24 Nov 14; Tot $17,224; Dsb $18,379
Total 210,323 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Renee Jacisin Ellmers
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 122,128 58.83% Congressman Renee Jacisin Ellmers
FEC H0NC02059; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,834,502; Dsb $1,778,768
  Candidate Democratic 85,479 41.17% Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken
6 May 2014: Received 40.86% in the Primary. Won nomination.

FEC H4NC02127; 31 Dec 14; Tot $1,181,626; Dsb $1,181,594
Total 207,607 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 1994
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 139,415 67.81% Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
FEC H2NC01081; 24 Nov 14; Tot $704,533; Dsb $661,153
  Candidate Democratic 66,182 32.19% Marshall Richard Adame
FEC H8NC03043; 31 Dec 14; Tot $25,526; Dsb $23,909
Total 205,597 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman David Eugene Price
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
Returned to House: 1996
[previously served in House]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Democratic 169,946 74.75% Congressman David Eugene Price
FEC H6NC04037; 24 Nov 14; Tot $839,563; Dsb $660,738
  Candidate Republican 57,416 25.25% Paul Michael Wright
FEC H4NC04115
Total 227,362 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Virginia Ann Foxx
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 139,279 61.02% Congressman Virginia Ann Foxx
FEC H4NC05146; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,263,148; Dsb $675,444
  Candidate Democratic 88,973 38.98% Joshua Ethan "Josh" Brannon
FEC H4NC05245; 30 Sep 14; Tot $11,581; Dsb $9,946
Total 228,252 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Congressman John Howard "Howard" Coble
First Elected: 1984
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - 7 November 2013: Announced retirement.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 147,312 58.67% Bradley Mark "Mark" Walker
FEC H4NC06052; 24 Nov 14; Tot $832,862; Dsb $791,337
  Candidate Democratic 103,758 41.33% Laura Bernstein Fjeld
FEC H4NC06086; 16 Dec 14; Tot $904,779; Dsb $904,779
Total 251,070 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Congressman Mike McIntyre
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - 8 January 2014: "I will be retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of this term."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 134,431 59.35% former state Senator David Cheston Rouzer
FEC H2NC07096; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,546,959; Dsb $1,449,936
  Candidate Democratic 84,054 37.11% New Hanover County Commissioner Jonathan Barfield, Jr.
FEC H4NC07068; 24 Nov 14; Tot $60,141; Dsb $60,124
  Candidate Libertarian 7,850 3.47% John Wesley "J. Wesley" Casteen, Jr.
FEC H4NC07100; 24 Nov 14; Tot $29,126; Dsb $29,044
  Candidate Scattering 163 0.07% Write-In (Miscellaneous)
  Candidate Write-in 6 0.00% Louis Harmati
FEC H4NC07118
Total 226,504 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Richard Lane Hudson, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 121,568 64.86% Congressman Richard Lane Hudson, Jr.
FEC H2NC08185; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,502,434; Dsb $1,115,766
  Candidate Democratic 65,854 35.14% Antonio Blue
FEC H2NC08219; 30 Sep 14; Tot $10,860; Dsb $6,278
Total 187,422 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 9
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Robert M. Pittenger
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 163,080 93.90% Congressman Robert M. Pittenger
FEC H2NC09134; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,040,195; Dsb $938,004
  Candidate Write-in 8,219 4.73% Write-In (Miscellaneous)
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 2,369 1.36% Shawn Eckles
FEC H4NC09130
Total 173,668 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 10
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Patrick Timothy McHenry
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 133,504 61.02% Congressman Patrick Timothy McHenry
FEC H4NC10047; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,726,210; Dsb $986,652
  Candidate Democratic 85,292 38.98% Peter Tatum "Tate" MacQueen, IV
FEC H4NC10104; 24 Nov 14; Tot $81,315; Dsb $81,080
Total 218,796 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 11
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Mark Randal Meadows
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 144,682 62.90% Congressman Mark Randal Meadows
FEC H2NC11080; 24 Nov 14; Tot $529,233; Dsb $359,504
  Candidate Democratic 85,342 37.10% Thomas Waddell "Tom" Hill
FEC H4NC11086; 24 Nov 14; Tot $15,369; Dsb $14,966
Total 230,024 100.00%  

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 12
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Alma Shealey Adams
First elected in concurrent general and special elections [re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt (Democratic)]: 4 November 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Democratic 130,096 75.35% state Representative Alma Shealey Adams
FEC H4NC12100; 24 Nov 14; Tot $765,610; Dsb $727,873
  Candidate Republican 42,568 24.65% Vincent Edward "Vince" Coakley
FEC H4NC12134; 24 Nov 14; Tot $380,519; Dsb $328,250
Total 172,664 100.00%  
 1 May 2013: Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt (Democratic), who was first elected in 1992, was nominated to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
10 December 2013: Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt is confirmed as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
6 January 2014: Resigned from Congress.
6 January 2014: Governor Patrick "Pat" McCrory (Republican) calls a Special Election to fill the vacant seat of Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt (Democratic). The dates for the special election coincide with the regularly scheduled 2014 elections:
6 May 2014: Special Primary.
15 July 2014: Special Secondary Primary (if necessary). If no candidate receives 40% of the vote in a primary, the two leading candidates proceed to a run off.
4 November 2014: State Representative Alma Shealey Adams (Democratic) wins the concurrent general and special elections.

Special Election - 113th Congress
CD 12
Seat up for special election
Special Election
Democratic
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Special Election
  Elected Democratic 127,668 75.43% state Representative Alma Shealey Adams
FEC H4NC12100; 24 Nov 14; Tot $765,610; Dsb $727,873
  Candidate Republican 41,578 24.57% Vincent Edward "Vince" Coakley
FEC H4NC12134; 24 Nov 14; Tot $380,519; Dsb $328,250
Total 169,246 100.00%  
 
6 January 2014: Governor Patrick "Pat" McCrory (Republican) calls a Special Election to fill the vacant seat of Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt (Democratic) who resigned that day to become head if the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The dates for the special election coincide with the regularly scheduled 2014 elections:
6 May 2014: Special Primary.
15 July 2014: Special Secondary Primary (if necessary). If no candidate receives 40% of the vote in a primary, the two leading candidates proceed to a run off.
4 November 2014: Special General Election won by state Representative Alma Shealey Adams (Democratic).

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 13
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman George Edward Bell Holding
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 6 May 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 153,991 57.31% Congressman George Edward Bell Holding
FEC H2NC13110; 24 Nov 14; Tot $1,444,215; Dsb $1,389,026
  Candidate Democratic 114,718 42.69% Brenda Lewis Cleary
FEC H4NC13033; 24 Nov 14; Tot $87,538; Dsb $72,967
Total 268,709 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Democratic Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008, 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Open Seat - 5 October 2013: Announced his candidacy for Governor in 2016.
 Candidate list
  Candidate Democratic     Tim Dunn

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Democratic Treasurer Janet Cowell
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Democratic Auditor Beth A. Wood
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steven W. "Steve" Troxler
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008, 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Democratic Insurance Commissioner George W. "Wayne" Goodwin
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  Republican Labor Commissioner Cherie Killian Berry
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008, 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

  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, 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
 Candidate list
  Candidate Republican     Jane Whitehurst
 

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): 12 incumbents, 18 candidates
  Republican: 14 incumbents, 18 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 1 candidate
  Write-in: 7 candidates
 
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.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


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