North Carolina 2003 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: North Carolina 2003 Off Year Election

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North Carolina

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



Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Democrat	Governor Mike Easley • First elected: 2000 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • The current Governor is NOT affected by a term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Beverly Perdue • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Elaine F. Marshall • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Roy Cooper • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Richard Hancock Moore • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Ralph Campbell, Jr. • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Meg Scott Phipps • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Jim Long • First elected: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996; re-elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Commissioner of Labor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Republican	Cherie Killian Berry • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004

	Democrat	Mike Ward • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 108^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Republican	Senator Elizabeth H. Dole • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Democrat	Senator John Edwards • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Open Seat - Sunday 7 September 2003: Senator Edwards, a 2004 Presidential Candidate, announced that he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2004.
	Democrat	(pending) • Possible candidates: Former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles
	Republican	(pending) • Candidate: Congressman Richard M. Burr (CD 5)

108^th House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2002, 2004. No Term Limit. 108^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 6 Democrats (6 Undetermined); 7 Republicans (7 Undetermined)

CD 1	Democrat	Congressman Frank W. Ballance, Jr. • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 2	Democrat	Congressman Bob Etheridge • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 3	Republican	Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 4	Democrat	Congressman David Price • Returned to House: 1996 [previously served in House] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 5	Republican	Congressman Richard M. Burr • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Candidate for Class 3 Senate seat in 2004.

CD 6	Republican	Congressman Howard Coble • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 7	Democrat	Congressman Mike McIntyre • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 8	Republican	Congressman Robert C. "Robin" Hayes • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 9	Republican	Congressman Sue Myrick • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 10	Republican	Congressman T. Cass Ballenger • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 11	Republican	Congressman Charles H. Taylor • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 12	Democrat	Congressman Mel Watt • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

CD 13	Democrat	Congressman Brad Miller • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

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