The Green Papers: North Carolina 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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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
{map}		 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
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 3
{map}		 Republican Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 4
{map}		 Democratic Congressman David E. Price
• Returned to House: 1996
[previously served in House]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 5
{map}		 Republican Congressman Virginia Foxx
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 6
{map}		 Republican Congressman John Howard "Howard" Coble
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 7
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Mike McIntyre
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 8
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Lawrence Webb "Larry" Kissell
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 9
{map}		 Republican Congressman Suellen "Sue" Myrick
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 10
{map}		 Republican Congressman Patrick Timothy McHenry
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 11
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Joseph Heath "Heath" Shuler
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 12
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Melvin L. "Mel" Watt
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
CD 13
{map}		 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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  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2009 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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  Change in Representation in U.S. House by REGION and Subregion between 2000 and 2002  
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  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States