The Green Papers: North Carolina 2023 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:10,453,948 (3.37% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:16(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:14(3.22% of 435)
Capital:Raleigh
 

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North Carolina State and Local Government

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


If no candidate receives 30% of the vote in the North Carolina regular or special primary, the two leading candidates proceed to a run off. Unopposed candidates do not appear on the primary ballot.

The primary is for the Constitution, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican parties.

Write-ins are allowed in the general election, but are not permitted in primary elections.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator  Thomas Roland "Thom" Tillis
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Thomas Roland "Thom" Tillis
FEC S4NC00162
 29 March 2021: Senator Thomas Roland "Thom" Tillis (Republican) stated that that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his prognosis is good, and he expects to make a full recovery.

Class 3 Republican Senator  Theodore Paul "Ted" Budd
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  Roy Asberry Cooper, III
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (8)
  Candidate Democratic     Mike Morgan
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Joshua Harold "Josh" Stein
18 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Republican     Treasurer  Dale Robbins Folwell
  Candidate Republican     Bill Graham
  Candidate Republican     Lieutenant Governor  Mark Keith Robinson
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Andy Wells
  Candidate Libertarian     Shannon Bray
  Candidate Libertarian     Michael "Mike" Ross

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Mark Keith Robinson
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2024.
 Candidate list (11)
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Ben Clark
  Candidate Democratic     Delmonte Crawford
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Rachel Hunt
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Raymond Smith, Jr.
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Deanna Ballard
  Candidate Republican     Peter Boykin
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Jeffrey Elmore
  Candidate Republican     Allen Mashburn
  Candidate Republican     Rockingham County Sheriff  Samuel Scott "Sam" Page
  Candidate Republican     Hal Weatherman
  Candidate Republican     Seth Woodall

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
7 Democratic (6 Undetermined, 1 Open);
7 Republican (6 Undetermined, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress  Donald Gene "Don" Davis
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Donald Gene "Don" Davis
FEC H2NC02287; 30 Sep 23; Tot $634,034; Dsb $160,865
  Candidate Republican     Laurie Buckhout
FEC H4NC01137
  Candidate Republican     Sandy Smith
FEC H0NC03149; 30 Sep 23; Tot $614,301; Dsb $312,849

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress  Deborah Koff Ross
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (6) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Deborah Koff Ross
FEC H0NC02125; 30 Sep 23; Tot $622,015; Dsb $394,759
  Candidate Republican     Eugene Farley "Gene" Douglass
FEC H4NC02135
  Candidate Republican     Robert Morales
FEC H4NC02168
  Candidate Republican     Rocky Mount Mayor  C. Saunders "Sandy" Roberson, Jr.
FEC H2NC02253; 30 Sep 23; Tot $29,020; Dsb $25,101
  Candidate Green     Michael Dublin, Jr.
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Mahesh "Max" Ganorkar
FEC H4NC02150 or H2NC06106.
Republican?

FEC H2NC06106

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress  Gregory Francis "Greg" Murphy
First elected in a Special Election: 10 September 2019 [re: passing of Member of Congress Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Republican).
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Gregory Francis "Greg" Murphy
FEC H0NC03172; 30 Sep 23; Tot $680,370; Dsb $319,529
  Candidate Republican     Nikki Maurice Nixon
FEC H4NC03075

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress  Valerie Paige Foushee
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Valerie Paige Foushee
FEC H2NC06114; 30 Sep 23; Tot $187,510; Dsb $189,531
  Candidate Republican     Leonard R. Harrison
FEC H4NC04123

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress  Virginia Ann Foxx
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Chuck Hubbard
FEC H4NC05294; 30 Sep 23; Tot $61,075; Dsb $29,338
  Candidate Democratic     Bernard Kyle "Kyle" Parrish
FEC H2NC07203; 30 Sep 23; Tot $716; Dsb $7,479
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Virginia Ann Foxx
FEC H4NC05146; 30 Sep 23; Tot $836,080; Dsb $503,380

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress  Kathy Ellen Manning
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (6) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Kathy Ellen Manning
FEC H8NC13067; 30 Sep 23; Tot $722,321; Dsb $303,057
  Candidate Republican     Robert Christian "Christian" Castelli
FEC H2NC07161; 30 Sep 23; Tot $109,883; Dsb $53,185
  Candidate Republican     Mary Ann Contogiannis
FEC H2NC06155; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,000; Dsb $40
  Candidate Republican     Robert Nicholas "Bo" Hines
9 November 2023: Announced for CD 6.

FEC H2NC05157; 30 Sep 23; Tot $126,316; Dsb $110,662
  Candidate Republican     High Point Mayor  Jay W. Wagner
FEC H4NC06169
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress  Bradley Mark "Mark" Walker
First elected to the U.S. Congress: 2014, re-elected 2016, 2018; Not a candidate for reelection: 2020; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate: 2022.

FEC H4NC06052; 30 Sep 23; Tot $0; Dsb $21,842

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress  David Cheston Rouzer
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  David Cheston Rouzer
FEC H2NC07096; 30 Sep 23; Tot $617,884; Dsb $607,230

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Republican Member of Congress  James Daniel "Dan" Bishop
First elected in a Special Election: 10 September 2019 (re: irregularities in the 2018 election)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 3 August 2023: Candidate for Attorney General in 2024.
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     former Union County Commissioner Allan Baucom
FEC H4NC08058; 30 Sep 23; Tot $251,000; Dsb $40
  Candidate Republican     Don Brown
FEC H4NC08074
  Candidate Republican     Leigh Brown
FEC H0NC09203; 30 Sep 23; Tot $0; Dsb $750
  Candidate Republican     Mark E. Harris
FEC H4NC08066; 30 Sep 23; Tot $133,660; Dsb $1,035

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 9 Republican Member of Congress  Richard Lane Hudson, Jr.
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Richard Lane Hudson, Jr.
FEC H2NC08185; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,583,619; Dsb $917,474

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 10 Republican Member of Congress  Patrick Timothy McHenry
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Patrick Timothy McHenry
FEC H4NC10047; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,019,159; Dsb $938,590

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 11 Republican Member of Congress Charles Marion "Chuck" Edwards
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Caleb Rudow
FEC H4NC11102
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Charles Marion "Chuck" Edwards
FEC H2NC14050; 30 Sep 23; Tot $724,040; Dsb $182,882
  Candidate Republican     Christian Reagan
FEC H4NC11094; 30 Sep 23; Tot $11,322; Dsb $10,247

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 12 Democratic Member of Congress  Alma Shealey Adams
First elected in concurrent general and special elections [re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Member of Congress Melvin L. "Mel" Watt (Democratic)]: 4 November 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Alma Shealey Adams
FEC H4NC12100; 30 Sep 23; Tot $245,589; Dsb $244,925
  Candidate Republican     Addul Rahman El Ali
FEC H4NC12175

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 13 Democratic Member of Congress  George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel, III
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (11) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel, III
FEC H2NC14019; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,260,300; Dsb $363,950
  Candidate Republican     DeVan Barbour, IV
FEC H2NC04168; 30 Sep 23; Tot $136,261; Dsb $6,349
  Candidate Republican     Jeff Hauser
  Candidate Republican     Brad Knott
FEC H4NC13116
  Candidate Republican     Joshua "Josh" McConkey
FEC H4NC13066; 30 Sep 23; Tot $425,475; Dsb $59,786
    Republican     state Representative  Erin Paré - apparently not a candidate
28 November 2023: "... I have decided that it is not the right time to run for Congress. I will instead seek reelection to my current seat in the North Carolina House ..."

FEC H4NC13082; 30 Sep 23; Tot $600,385; Dsb $3,991
  Candidate Republican     Siddhanth "Sid" Sharma
FEC H4NC13090 or H4NC13108

FEC H4NC13090
  Candidate Republican     Matthew "Matt" Shoemaker
FEC H4NC13074; 30 Sep 23; Tot $25,844; Dsb $24,134
  Candidate Republican     Eric Stevenson
FEC H4NC01145
  Candidate Republican     Fred Von Canon
FEC H4NC01129; 30 Sep 23; Tot $369,710; Dsb $28,682
  Candidate Republican     Kenneth "Kenny" Xu
FEC H4NC02143; 30 Sep 23; Tot $73,708; Dsb $2,280
  Candidate Independent     former Mayor of Brooksville, Oklahoma Keith Davenport

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 14 Democratic Member of Congress  Jeffrey Neale "Jeff" Jackson
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 26 October 2023: Candidate for Attorney General.
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Pamela "Pam" Genant
FEC H4NC14023
  Candidate Republican     Pat Harrigan
FEC H2NC13243; 30 Sep 23; Tot $758,265; Dsb $87,347
  Candidate Republican     former Superior Court Judge Eric L. Levinson
FEC H4NC12167; 30 Sep 23; Tot $410,336; Dsb $17,251
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Tim Moore
FEC H4NC14015

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Secretary of State  Elaine Folk Marshall
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Republican     Gaston County Commissioner  Chad Brown
  Candidate Republican     Darren Eustance
  Candidate Republican     John Gouch
  Candidate Republican     Jesse Thomas
2 November 2023: Switched from Governor to Secretary of State.
  Candidate Republican     Christine Villaverde

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Attorney General  Joshua Harold "Josh" Stein
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 18 January 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Democratic     Durham County District Attorney  Satana Deberry
  Candidate Democratic     Tim Dunn
  Candidate Democratic     Charles Ingram
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Jeffrey Neale "Jeff" Jackson
26 October 2023: Candidate for Attorney General.
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  James Daniel "Dan" Bishop
3 August 2023: Candidate for Attorney General in 2024. Member of Congress CD 8.
 23 May 2022: Attorney General Joshua Harold "Josh" Stein (Democratic) had a minor stroke.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Treasurer  Dale Robbins Folwell
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2024.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Wesley Harris
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  John R. Bradford, III

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Auditor  Beth Ann Wood
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012, 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 12 December 2022: Auditor Beth Ann Wood is changed with a misdemeanor involving a non-injury 8 December hit and run accident resulting in property damage.
23 March 2023: Convicted of a class 1 misdemeanor.
1 November 2023: Will not seek reelection in 2024.
9 November 2023: Announced resignation on 15 December 2023-- "I will step down as State Auditor on December 15, 2023, ...."
 Candidate list (6)
  Candidate Democratic     Luis Toledo
  Candidate Republican     Dave Boliek
  Candidate Republican     AJ Daoud
  Candidate Republican     Charles Dingee
  Candidate Republican     former Greensboro City Council Member Jim Kee
  Candidate Republican     former Guilford County Commissioner James A. Upchurch

Commissioner of Agriculture  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner  Steven Wayne "Steve" Troxler
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Insurance Commissioner  John Michael "Mike" Causey
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     David B. Wheeler
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Robert Brawley

Commissioner of Labor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Labor Commissioner Joshua Robert "Josh" Dobson
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 6 December 2022: Not seeking re-election in 2024.
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Democratic     Charlotte City Council Member  Braxton Winston
  Candidate Republican     Luke Farley
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Jon Hardister
  Candidate Republican     Travis Wilson

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent  Catherine Lauterbach Truitt
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 11 incumbents, 24 candidates
  Republican: 15 incumbents, 64 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
 
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.

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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Third Party
  Constitution Party of North Carolina
  Justice Party of North Carolina
  Libertarian Party of North Carolina
  North Carolina Green Party
  North Carolina Right To Life
  The Unity Party of North Carolina
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  Concord and Kannapolis Independent Tribune
  Daily Herald - Roanoke Rapids
  Goldsboro News-Argus
  Hickory Daily Record
  Mooresville Tribune
  Mount Olive Tribune
  News & Record - Greensboro
  NewsLink.org - North Carolina
  Politics1.com - North Carolina
  Statesville Record and Landmark
  The Courier-Tribune - Asheboro
  The Daily News - Jacksonville
  The McDowell News
  The Morganton News Herald
  The New Bern Sun Journal
  The Pilot - Southern Pines
  Winston-Salem Journal
  WRAL TV - CBS - Raleigh

 


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