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## Contents

* 1 General election
* 1.1 U.S. President
* 1.2 U.S. Senate
* 1.3 U.S. House
* 1.4 State executives
* 1.5 State legislature
* 1.6 State courts
* 1.7 Local government
* 2 Primary runoff election
* 2.1 U.S. House
* 3 Primary election
* 3.1 U.S. President
* 3.2 U.S. Senate
* 3.3 U.S. House
* 3.4 Governor
* 3.5 State executives
* 3.6 State legislature
* 3.7 Local government

## General election[edit]

### U.S. President[edit]

See also: Presidential election in North Carolina, 2020

#####  Presidential election results in North Carolina, 2020

Candidate/Running mate

Popular votes

Electoral votes

|
|
|
|

✔ |

| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |

49.9

| 2,758,775 | 15

| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)  |

48.6

| 2,684,292 | 0

| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)  |

0.9

| 48,678 | 0

| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)  |

0.2

| 12,195 | 0

| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party)  |

0.1

| 7,549 | 0

| Jade Simmons (no running mate) (Independent) (Write-in)  |

0.0

| 119 | 0
| Other write-in votes |

0.2

| 13,196 | 0

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

| Total votes: 5,524,804

|
|

### U.S. Senate[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020

General election

##### General election for U.S. Senate North Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Thom Tillis (R)  |

48.7

| 2,665,598

| Cal Cunningham (D)  |

46.9

| 2,569,965

| Shannon Bray (L)  |

3.1

| 171,571

| Kevin E. Hayes (Constitution Party)  |

1.2

| 67,818

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 5,474,952

|
|

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Jeremy Thomas (Independence Party)

### U.S. House[edit]

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2020

#### North Carolina U.S. House Elections 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
North Carolina's 1st Congressional District |

G.K. Butterfield (i)

Sandy Smith

North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District |

Deborah Ross

Alan Swain

Jeff Matemu (Libertarian Party)

North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District |

Daryl Farrow

Gregory Murphy (i)

North Carolina's 4th Congressional District |

David Price (i)

Robert Thomas

North Carolina's 5th Congressional District |

David Wilson Brown

Virginia Foxx (i)

Jeff Gregory (Constitution Party)

North Carolina's 6th Congressional District |

Kathy Manning

Joseph Lee Haywood

Did not make the ballot:
Jennyfer Bucardo (Independent)
Bryson Gray (Independent)

North Carolina's 7th Congressional District |

Christopher Ward

David Rouzer (i)

Theresa Everett (Independent) (Write-in)

North Carolina's 8th Congressional District |

Patricia Timmons-Goodson

Richard Hudson (i)

North Carolina's 9th Congressional District |

Cynthia Wallace

Dan Bishop (i)

North Carolina's 10th Congressional District |

David Parker

Patrick T. McHenry (i)

North Carolina's 11th Congressional District |

Morris Davis

Madison Cawthorn

Tamara Zwinak (Green Party)
Tracey DeBruhl (Libertarian Party)

North Carolina's 12th Congressional District |

Alma Adams (i)

|  |

Did not make the ballot:
Richard Smith (Unaffiliated)

North Carolina's 13th Congressional District |

Scott Huffman

Ted Budd (i)

### State executives[edit]

Click on the following links for state executive election results:

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Attorney General
* Secretary of State
* Treasurer
* Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Auditor
* Commissioner of Agriculture
* Commissioner of Labor
* Commissioner of Insurance

### State legislature[edit]

Click on the following links for state legislative election results:

* North Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
* North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

### State courts[edit]

Click on the following links for state court election results:

* North Carolina Supreme Court elections, 2020
* North Carolina intermediate appellate court elections, 2020

### Local government[edit]

Click on the following links for local election results:

* November 3, 2020 ballot measures in North Carolina
* Durham County, North Carolina
* Forsyth County, North Carolina
* Guilford County, North Carolina
* Meklenburg County, North Carolina
* Wake County, North Carolina
* Winston-Salem, North Carolina \- Mayor
* Cumberland County Schools
* Guilford County Schools
* Johnston County Schools
* Union County Public Schools
* Wake County Public School System

## Primary runoff election[edit]

### U.S. House[edit]

See also: North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2020

#### North Carolina U.S. House Primary Runoff Elections 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
North Carolina's 11th Congressional District |  |

Lynda Bennett
Madison Cawthorn

## Primary election[edit]

### U.S. President[edit]

See also: Presidential election in North Carolina, 2020

##### North Carolina Democratic presidential primary on March 3, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

|
|
|
|

| Joe Biden |

43.0

| 572,271 | 68

| Bernie Sanders |

24.2

| 322,645 | 37

| Michael Bloomberg |

13.0

| 172,558 | 3

| Elizabeth Warren |

10.5

| 139,912 | 2

| Pete Buttigieg |

3.3

| 43,632 | 0

| Amy Klobuchar |

2.3

| 30,742 | 0

| Tom Steyer |

0.8

| 10,679 | 0

| Tulsi Gabbard |

0.5

| 6,622 | 0

| Andrew Yang |

0.2

| 2,973 | 0

| Cory Booker |

0.2

| 2,181 | 0

| Michael Bennet |

0.1

| 1,978 | 0

| Deval Patrick |

0.1

| 1,341 | 0

| Marianne Williamson |

0.1

| 1,243 | 0

| John Delaney |

0.1

| 1,098 | 0

| Julián Castro |

0.1

| 699 | 0
| Other |

1.6

| 21,808 | 0

* * *

Source

| Total votes: 1,332,382 • Total pledged delegates: 110

|
|

##### North Carolina Republican presidential primary on March 3, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

|
|
|
|

| Donald Trump |

93.5

| 750,600 | 71

| Joe Walsh |

2.0

| 16,356 | 0

| Bill Weld |

1.9

| 15,486 | 0
| Other |

2.5

| 20,085 | 0

* * *

Source

| Total votes: 802,527 • Total pledged delegates: 71

|
|

##### North Carolina Constitution presidential primary on March 3, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

|
|
|
|

| Don Blankenship |

36.3

| 102 | 0

| Charles Kraut |

22.1

| 62 | 0
| Other |

41.6

| 117 | 0

* * *

Source

| Total votes: 281 • Total pledged delegates: 0

|
|

##### North Carolina Green presidential primary on March 3, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

|
|
|
|

| Howie Hawkins |

67.0

| 221 | 0
| Other |

33.0

| 109 | 0

* * *

Source

| Total votes: 330 • Total pledged delegates: 0

|
|

##### North Carolina Libertarian presidential primary on March 3, 2020

Candidate

Votes

Pledged delegates

|
|
|
|

| Jacob Hornberger |

9.6

| 584 | 0

| John David McAfee |

9.0

| 550 | 0

| Kimberly Margaret Ruff |

7.7

| 469 | 0

| Vermin Supreme |

6.3

| 387 | 0

| Kenneth Armstrong |

5.7

| 346 | 0

| Jo Jorgensen |

4.4

| 267 | 0

| Steven Allen Richey |

3.7

| 227 | 0

| James Orlando Ogle III |

3.4

| 207 | 0

| Souraya Faas |

2.8

| 169 | 0

| Adam Kokesh |

2.7

| 163 | 0

| Max Abramson |

2.6

| 160 | 0

| Daniel Behrman |

2.4

| 144 | 0

| Kenneth Blevins |

2.0

| 122 | 0

| Jedidiah Hill |

1.9

| 117 | 0

| Erik Chase Gerhardt |

1.6

| 99 | 0

| Arvin Vohra |

1.3

| 77 | 0
| Other |

33.1

| 2,022 | 0

* * *

Source

| Total votes: 6,110 • Total pledged delegates: 0

|
|

### U.S. Senate[edit]

See also: United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary) and United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Democratic primary election

#####  Democratic primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Cal Cunningham |

56.9

| 717,941

| Erica Smith |

34.8

| 438,969

| Trevor Fuller |

3.8

| 48,168

| Steve Swenson |

2.7

| 33,741

| Atul Goel |

1.8

| 22,226

* * *

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 1,261,045

|
|

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Eva Lee (D)
* Steve Williams (D)
* Katherine Bell-Moore (D)
* Eric Mansfield (D)

Republican primary election

#####  Republican primary for U.S. Senate North Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Thom Tillis |

78.1

| 608,943

| Paul Wright |

7.6

| 58,908

| Larry Holmquist |

7.4

| 57,356

| Sharon Hudson |

7.0

| 54,651

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 779,858

|
|

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#### Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

* Garland Tucker III (R)
* Sandy Smith (R)

### U.S. House[edit]

See also: United States House elections in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primaries) and United States House elections in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Republican primaries)

#### North Carolina U.S. House Primary Elections 2020

* Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
* * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.

Office |  Democratic |  Republican | Other
North Carolina's 1st Congressional District |

G.K. Butterfield* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Deandre Carter

Ethan Baca
James Glisson (unofficially withdrew)
Michele Nix
Sandy Smith

North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District |

Monika Johnson-Hostler
Ollie Nelson
Deborah Ross
Andrew Terrell

Did not make the ballot:
Scott Cooper
Jason Butler

Alan Swain*

Did not make the ballot:
Michael Williams

Libertarian Party

Jeff Matemu*

North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District |

Daryl Farrow*

Did not make the ballot:
Aleccia Sutton

Gregory Murphy* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Rob Rollason
Steven Benton

North Carolina's 4th Congressional District |

David Price (i)
Daniel Ulysses Lockwood

Did not make the ballot:
Curtis Sobie
Martha Brock

Steve Von Loor
Debesh Sarkar
Nasir Shaikh
Robert Thomas

North Carolina's 5th Congressional District |

David Wilson Brown
Eric Hughes

Did not make the ballot:
Jeanne Supin

Virginia Foxx* (i)

Constitution Party

Jeff Gregory*

North Carolina's 6th Congressional District |

Bruce Davis
Rhonda Foxx
Edward Hanes, Jr.
Kathy Manning
Derwin Montgomery

Did not make the ballot:
Angela Flynn

Joseph Lee Haywood
Laura Pichardo

Did not make the ballot:
Vicky Craven Klund

North Carolina's 7th Congressional District |

Robert Colon
Mark Judson
Christopher Ward

David Rouzer* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Pete D'Abrosca

North Carolina's 8th Congressional District |

Patricia Timmons-Goodson*

Did not make the ballot:
Rodney Walker

Richard Hudson* (i)

North Carolina's 9th Congressional District |

Clayton Brooks III
Harry Southerland
Cynthia Wallace
Marcus Williams

Did not make the ballot:
Fernando Cano Jr.

Dan Bishop* (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Raymond Gerber
Robert Pittenger
Stevie Rivenbark

North Carolina's 10th Congressional District |

David Parker*

Did not make the ballot:
David Wilson Brown

Patrick T. McHenry (i)
David Johnson
Ralf Walters

North Carolina's 11th Congressional District |

Gina Collias
Morris Davis
Michael O'Shea
Phillip Price
Steve Woodsmall

Did not make the ballot:
James Howell Trowbridge

Chuck Archerd
Lynda Bennett
Matthew Burril (unofficially withdrew)
Madison Cawthorn
Jim Davis
Daniel Driscoll
Steven Fekete
Dillon Gentry
Wayne King
Joseph Osborne
Vance Patterson
Albert Wiley Jr.

Did not make the ballot:
Mark Meadows (i)

Green Party

Tamara Zwinak*

Libertarian Party

Tracey DeBruhl*

North Carolina's 12th Congressional District |

Alma Adams (i)
Keith Cradle

Did not make the ballot:
Roderick Davis

Bill Brewster (disqualified appeared on ballot)

North Carolina's 13th Congressional District |

Scott Huffman*

Ted Budd* (i)

### Governor[edit]

See also: North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary) and North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Democratic primary election

#####  Democratic primary for Governor of North Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Roy Cooper |

87.2

| 1,128,829

| Ernest Reeves |

12.8

| 165,804

* * *

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 1,294,633

|
|

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Republican primary election

#####  Republican primary for Governor of North Carolina

Candidate

Votes

|
|
|

✔ |

| Dan Forest |

89.0

| 698,077

| Holly Grange |

11.0

| 86,714

* * *

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

| Total votes: 784,791

|
|

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### State executives[edit]

Click on the following links for state executive election results:

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Attorney General
* Secretary of State
* Treasurer
* Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Auditor
* Commissioner of Agriculture
* Commissioner of Labor
* Commissioner of Insurance

### State legislature[edit]

Click on the following links for state legislative election results:

* North Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
* North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

### Local government[edit]

Click on the following links for local election results:

* Durham County, North Carolina
* Forsyth County, North Carolina
* Guilford County, North Carolina
* Meklenburg County, North Carolina
* Wake County, North Carolina
* Winston-Salem, North Carolina \- Mayor
* Guilford County Schools
* Johnston County Schools

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