North Carolina 2022 General Election

The Green Papers: North Carolina 2022 General Election

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North Carolina
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 17 May 2022
✓ Second Primary (if run-off is required for a only statewide offices, no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff): Tuesday 5 July 2022
✓ Second Primary (if run-off is required for a Federal office, no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff): Tuesday 26 July 2022
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

✓ Friday 4 March 2022 - Filing Deadline - Primary as ordered by the Superior Court of Wake County .
✓ Tuesday 17 May 2022 - Filing Deadline: Independent/Third/Minor .
✓ Tuesday 17 May 2022 - Primary . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC). In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 p.m.
✓ Tuesday 5 July 2022 - Second Primary (if run-off is required for a only statewide offices, no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff) . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC). In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 p.m.
✓ Tuesday 26 July 2022 - Filing deadline: Write-in submitted to County .
✓ Tuesday 26 July 2022 - Second Primary (if run-off is required for a Federal office, no contests covered by this website advance to a runoff) . Polling hours reportedly 6:30a-7:30p EDT (1030-2330 UTC). In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 p.m.
✓ Wednesday 10 August 2022 - Filing deadline: Write-in submitted to State .
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2022 - General Election . Polling hours 6:30a-7:30p EST (1130-0030 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
2020 Census:	10,453,948	(3.37% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:	16	(2.97% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:	14	(3.22% of 435)
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

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.

Petition Fact Sheets from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

2022 Statewide Primary and candidate list from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

6 December 2021: The North Carolina State Court of Appeals ordered election officials not allow primary candidates [North Carolina League of Conservation Voters v Hall, P21-525] to file for U.S. House and legislative contests. Later the same day, the full North Carolina Court of Appeals vacated the temporary stay. Candidates may now file from 7 December to 17 December.
8 December 2021: North Carolina's Supreme Court moved the state's primary date from 8 March to 17 May [Harper v Hall, 413P21]. The runoff is likely to be 26 July. ~~Filing will re-open once the final judgements are made.~~
11 January 2022: Candidate filing for North Carolina's 2022 primary elections will resume Thursday 24 February and end on Friday 4 March under an order issued by the Superior Court of Wake County.
4 February 2022: The North Carolina state Supreme Court struck down the congressional maps and ordered new maps by 18 February.

19 January 2022: The North Carolina legislature passed HB 605, which would move the 2022 primary from 17 May to 7 June and change the filing period from 24 March to 1 April.
28 January 2022: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (Democratic) vetoes HB 605.

17 May 2022 Primary returns from an official source, results from a media source, results from a media source.

14 July 2022: The North Carolina Green Party filed a lawsuit to attain 2022 ballot access. North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections - Case 4:22-cv-00078-D - assigned to U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever, III. The lawsuit challenges the decision of the State Board of Elections to reject the Green Party's petition even though the county election boards found the petitions had the requisite number of signatures.

15 July 2022: The Conference for the North Carolina Green Party ballot access case is at 8:30a in Raleigh, U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever, III presiding. Ref: 4:22-CV-78-D.

1 August 2022: The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to recongized the Green Party in 2022 and 2024. Because the deadline in state law for submission of new political party nominees has already passed, it is unclear whether Green Party candidates will appear on the 8 November general election ballot. Litigation in federal court, filed by the Green Party, could extend the 1 July deadline for the Green Party to submit nominees for this year's election. Ballot preparation begins in mid-August, so there still is time to add Green Party candidates to the ballot if the court extends the statutory deadline.

5 August 2022: U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever issued an opinion which puts the Green Party's 2022 nominees on the North Carolina general election ballot. Ref: North Carolina Green Party v North Carolina State Board of Elections, et al, 5:22CV-276-D

8 November 2022 returns from the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Vote totals last updated 30 November 2022 per the certified vote.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 117^th 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 • 29 March 2021: Senator Thom Tillis stated that that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his prognosis is good, and he expects to make a full recovery.

Class 3 Open		Republican	Senator Richard Mauze Burr • Served in U.S. House- first elected: 1994; re-elected: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2004; re-elected: 2010, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - circa 20 July 2016: Senator Richard Mauze Burr announces this will be his last run for re-election.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins)

		Republican	1,905,786	50.50%	Member of Congress Theodore Paul "Ted" Budd • U.S. House Member CD 13. 28 April 2021: Announced he would run for the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in 2022. • FEC S2NC00505; 31 Dec 22; Tot $14,904,163; Dsb $15,702,973

		Democratic	1,784,049	47.27%	former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Lynn Beasley • FEC S2NC00497; 31 Dec 22; Tot $38,947,127; Dsb $38,899,622

		Libertarian	51,640	1.37%	Shannon Wilson Bray • FEC S0NC00335

		Green	29,934	0.79%	Matthew Patrick Hoh • FEC S2NC00562; 31 Dec 22; Tot $193,142; Dsb $183,357

		Scattering	2,378	0.06%	Write-In (Miscellaneous)

		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	137	0.00%	Michelle Estelle Lewis • FEC S2NC00679; 30 Sep 22; Tot $18,675; Dsb $18,450
Total			3,773,924	100.00%

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

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

117^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (3 Renominated, 1 Open); 8 Republican (6 Renominated, 1 Lost / No longer running, 1 Open); 1 Vacancy

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1 Vacant		Democratic	Member of Congress George Kenneth "G. K." Butterfield, Jr. • First elected in Special Election, 20 July 2004, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Member of Congress Frank W. Ballance, Jr.- effective 11 June 2004. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Vacant Office - 17 November 2021: Media reports indicate retirement. Confirmed. 30 December 2022: Resigned.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	134,996	52.37%	state Senator Donald Gene "Don" Davis • FEC H2NC02287; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,876,019; Dsb $1,858,046

		Republican	122,780	47.63%	Sandy Lee Smith • FEC H0NC03149; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,187,047; Dsb $2,194,827
Total			257,776	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Member of Congress Deborah Koff Ross • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	190,714	64.68%	Member of Congress Deborah Koff Ross • FEC H0NC02125; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,124,082; Dsb $2,106,216

		Republican	104,155	35.32%	Christine Elise Villaverde • FEC H2NC08235; 31 Dec 22; Tot $149,375; Dsb $138,312
Total			294,869	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Member of Congress Gregory Francis "Greg" Murphy • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • 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 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Republican	166,520	66.90%	Member of Congress Gregory Francis "Greg" Murphy • FEC H0NC03172; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,993,506; Dsb $1,446,224

		Democratic	82,378	33.10%	Barbara Denise Andrea Gaskins • FEC H2NC03095; 31 Dec 22; Tot $95,647; Dsb $94,963
Total			248,898	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4 Open		Democratic	Member of Congress David Eugene Price • Returned to House: 1996 [previously served in House] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 18 October 2021: Announced retirement. "I'm very grateful for the people who have made this period of service possible."
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	194,983	66.91%	state Senator Valerie Paige Foushee • FEC H2NC06114; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,253,021; Dsb $1,125,310

		Republican	96,442	33.09%	Courtney Joele Geels • FEC H2NC13185; 31 Dec 22; Tot $409,981; Dsb $409,981
Total			291,425	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Member of Congress Virginia Ann Foxx • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Republican	175,279	63.15%	Member of Congress Virginia Ann Foxx • FEC H4NC05146; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,208,535; Dsb $2,036,393

		Democratic	102,269	36.85%	Bernard Kyle "Kyle" Parrish • FEC H2NC07203; 31 Dec 22; Tot $33,052; Dsb $24,718
Total			277,548	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6		Democratic	Member of Congress Kathy Ellen Manning • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	139,553	53.88%	Member of Congress Kathy Ellen Manning • FEC H8NC13067; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,045,909; Dsb $3,149,872

		Republican	116,635	45.03%	Robert Christian "Christian" "Chris" Castelli • FEC H2NC07161; 31 Dec 22; Tot $928,502; Dsb $921,812

		Libertarian	2,810	1.08%	Thomas Joseph Watercott • FEC H2NC06171; 31 Dec 22; Tot $18,250; Dsb $17,674
Total			258,998	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 7		Republican	Member of Congress David Cheston Rouzer • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Republican	164,047	57.71%	Member of Congress David Cheston Rouzer • FEC H2NC07096; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,496,208; Dsb $1,308,428

		Democratic	120,222	42.29%	state Representative Charles Vinson Graham, Jr. • Received 31.23% in the primary. • FEC H2NC09183; 31 Dec 22; Tot $312,710; Dsb $239,731
Total			284,269	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Member of Congress Richard Lane Hudson, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated - Member of Congress Hudson is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 9.
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Republican	183,998	69.91%	Member of Congress James Daniel "Dan" Bishop • Member of Congress Bishop, incumbent in the old CD 9, is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 8. • FEC H0NC09187; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,944,120; Dsb $704,288

		Democratic	79,192	30.09%	Jeffrey Scott "Scott" Huffman • FEC H8NC08109; 31 Dec 22; Tot $97,677; Dsb $101,456
Total			263,190	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 9		Republican	Member of Congress James Daniel "Dan" Bishop • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected in a Special Election: 10 September 2019 (re: irregularities in the 2018 election) • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated - Member of Congress Bishop is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 8.
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Republican	131,453	56.50%	Member of Congress Richard Lane Hudson, Jr. • Member of Congress Hudson, incumbent in the old CD 8, is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 9. • FEC H2NC08185; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,120,527; Dsb $1,915,483

		Democratic	101,202	43.50%	Robert Benjamin "Ben" Clark, III • FEC H2NC04150 or H2NC09225 • FEC H2NC04150; 31 Dec 22; Tot $171,780; Dsb $163,871
Total			232,655	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 10		Republican	Member of Congress Patrick Timothy McHenry • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 118th Congress

		Republican	194,681	72.59%	Member of Congress Patrick Timothy McHenry • FEC H4NC10047; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,911,761; Dsb $3,495,355

		Democratic	73,174	27.28%	Pamela Soule "Pam" Genant • FEC H2NC13235; 31 Dec 22; Tot $191,243; Dsb $186,205

		Scattering	242	0.09%	Write-In (Miscellaneous)

		Write-in	110	0.04%	Diana R. Jimison
Total			268,207	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 11 Lost		Republican	Member of Congress David Madison "Madison" Cawthorn • First elected: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress

		Republican	174,232	53.79%	state Senator Charles Marion "Chuck" Edwards • FEC H2NC14050; 31 Dec 22; Tot $1,584,206; Dsb $1,486,313

		Democratic	144,165	44.51%	Buncombe County Commissioner Jasmine Elizabeth Beach-Ferrara • FEC H2NC11155; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,329,162; Dsb $2,326,322

		Libertarian	5,515	1.70%	David Adam Coatney • FEC H2NC11254; 31 Dec 22; Tot $20,080; Dsb $20,057
Total			323,912	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 12		Democratic	Member of Congress Alma Shealey Adams • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • 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 8 November 2022 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	140,494	62.75%	Member of Congress Alma Shealey Adams • FEC H4NC12100; 31 Dec 22; Tot $957,366; Dsb $760,597

		Republican	83,414	37.25%	Tyler Milton Lee • FEC H2NC12229; 31 Dec 22; Tot $211,748; Dsb $210,528
Total			223,908	100.00%

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 13 Open		Republican	Member of Congress Theodore Paul "Ted" Budd • First elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - 28 April 2021: Announced he would run for the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat in 2022.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress

		Democratic	143,090	51.59%	state Senator George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel, III • FEC H2NC14019; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,717,882; Dsb $3,735,754

		Republican	134,256	48.41%	Robert Nicholas "Bo" Hines • FEC H2NC05157; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,286,175; Dsb $3,281,781
Total			277,346	100.00%

No Incumbent - New Seat in 118th Congress / 2020 apportionment - First election in 2022
CD 14			• Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

		Democratic	148,738	57.71%	state Senator Jeffrey Neale "Jeff" Jackson • FEC H2NC14076; 31 Dec 22; Tot $5,707,177; Dsb $5,627,112

		Republican	109,014	42.29%	Patrick Luke "Pat" Harrigan • FEC H2NC13243; 31 Dec 22; Tot $876,228; Dsb $802,181
Total			257,752	100.00%

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 (1)

		Republican			Tracy Tatro Trujillo

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 • 23 May 2022: 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

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

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

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

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): 9 incumbents, 15 candidates
	• Republican: 16 incumbents, 16 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: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Justice Party
	• Right to Life
Independents
	• Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 2 candidates
	• Write-in: 2 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.

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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