The Green Papers: North Carolina 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 10 September 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
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
Capital:Raleigh
Tuesday 10 September 2002 polls close 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC) / 8:30p EDT (0030 UTC). NORTH CAROLINA allows its County Boards of Elections to decide whether to keep polls open until 8:30 p.m. EDT but, outside of metropolitan areas, this local option is not often utilized and so 7:30 p.m. EDT is the networks' earliest time of projection beacuse the vast majority of that state's polls will have closed by that hour.
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:30p EST (0030 UTC) / 8:30p 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.
 

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North Carolina State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in NORTH CAROLINA-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

MOST Polls close: 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
(0030 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)
some polls may be permitted- by local option- to stay open until 8:30 PM local time (0130 UTC)

  • NORTH CAROLINA is NOT electing its Governor in 2002.
  • NORTH CAROLINA is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; this is an Open Seat, as incumbent Republican Jesse Helms is NOT a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • NORTH CAROLINA is electing 13 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State gained one (1) House seat as a result of the 2000 Census.
    [NOTE: On 20 June 2002 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case of Utah v. Evans. The Court voted 5-4 in favor of NORTH CAROLINA retaining its new House seat rather than its being transferred in order to provide a new seat for the State of UTAH. Hence, NORTH CAROLINA will elect 13 House Members in 2002. Please see Utah Census Challenge for further information]
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election from the State of NORTH CAROLINA:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment ]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    Eva Clayton Democrat CD # 1 voluntary retirement

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from NORTH CAROLINA in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE—Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

    • CD 1
    • CD 13

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in NORTH CAROLINA:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors
  Democrat Governor Mike Easley
• First elected: 2000
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Jesse Helms
• First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• Open Seat - Vountary Retirement
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Erskine B. Bowles
  Candidate Libertarian Sean Newton Haugh
  Candidate Natural Law (Norio Kushi - pending)
• Mr. Kushi is challenging North Carolina ballot access laws which require smaller third parties to obtain 50,000 signatures in order to appear on the ballot. For more information http://www.mdcnc.org/page2.php.
  Elected Republican Elizabeth H. Dole
  Candidate Write-In Paul G. DeLaney
Class 3 Democrat Senator John Edwards
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Democrats (1 Open, 4 Renominated);
7 Republicans (7 Renominated)
CD 1 Democrat Congressman Eva M. Clayton
• Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement
CD 2 Democrat Congressman Bob Etheridge
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1996
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Etheridge is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2
CD 3 Republican Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1994
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Jones is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3
CD 4 Democrat Congressman David Price
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Returned to House: 1996
[previously served in House]
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Price is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4
CD 5 Republican Congressman Richard M. Burr
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1994
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Burr is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 5
CD 6 Republican Congressman Howard Coble
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Coble is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 6
CD 7 Democrat Congressman Mike McIntyre
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1996
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman McIntyre is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 7
CD 8 Republican Congressman Robert C. "Robin" Hayes
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1998
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Hayes is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 8
CD 9 Republican Congressman Sue Myrick
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1994
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Myrick is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 9
CD 10 Republican Congressman T. Cass Ballenger
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Ballenger is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 10
CD 11 Republican Congressman Charles H. Taylor
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 Primary
 Congressman Taylor is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 11
CD 12 Democrat Congressman Mel Watt
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002
 Congressman Watt is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 12
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democrat Frank W. Ballance, Jr.
  Candidate Libertarian Michael Corey "Mike" Ruff
  Candidate Republican Greg Dority
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Bob Etheridge
  Candidate Libertarian Gary J. Minter
  Candidate Republican Joseph L. Ellen
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Libertarian William G. "Gary" Goodson
  Elected Republican Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
CD 4
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman David Price
  Candidate Libertarian Kenneth N. "Ken" Nelson
  Candidate Republican Tuan A. Nguyen
CD 5
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat David Crawford
  Candidate Libertarian (Thomas Aaron "Tom" Bailey - pending)
  Elected Republican Congressman Richard M. Burr
CD 6
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Libertarian Tara Sue Grubb
  Elected Republican Congressman Howard Coble
CD 7
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Mike McIntyre
  Candidate Libertarian David Michael Brooks
  Candidate Republican James R. Adams
CD 8
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Chris Kouri
  Candidate Libertarian Mark Andrew Johnson
  Elected Republican Congressman Robert C. "Robin" Hayes
CD 9
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Ed McGuire
  Candidate Libertarian Christopher S. Cole
  Elected Republican Congressman Sue Myrick
CD 10
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Ron Daughtery
  Candidate Libertarian Christopher M. Hill
  Elected Republican Congressman T. Cass Ballenger
CD 11
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Sam Neill
  Candidate Libertarian Eric William Henry
  Elected Republican Congressman Charles H. Taylor
CD 12
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Mel Watt
  Candidate Libertarian Carey S. Head
  Candidate Republican Jeff Kish
CD 13
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democrat Brad Miller
  Candidate Libertarian Alexander B. "Alex" MacDonald
  Candidate Republican Carolyn W. Grant
 

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