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The state of North Carolina held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:
2014 elections and events in North Carolina | ||||
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Filing deadline for party candidates | February 28, 2014 | |||
Voter registration deadline for primary election | April 11, 2014 | |||
Primary election date | May 6, 2014 | |||
12th Congressional District special election (primary) | May 6, 2014 | |||
School board elections (7) | May 6, 2014 | |||
Filing deadline for unaffiliated candidates for general election | June 27, 2014 | |||
Voter registration deadline for general election | October 10, 2014 | |||
General election date | November 4, 2014 | |||
12th Congressional District special election (general) | November 4, 2014 | |||
Statewide ballot measure election | November 4, 2014 | |||
School board elections (27) | November 4, 2014 |
Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in North Carolina in 2014:
U.S. Congress
North Carolina State Legislature
Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.
2012 Margin of Victory, North Carolina State Senate | ||||
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District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Votes | Top Opponent |
District 1 | William Cook | 0% | 87,449 | Stan White |
District 12 | Ronald Rabin | 2% | 74,146 | Brad Salmon |
District 25 | Gene McLaurin | 6% | 84,066 | Gene McIntyre |
District 17 | Tamara Barringer | 7.3% | 106,399 | Erv Portman |
District 19 | Wesley Meredith | 7.8% | 69,244 | George Tatum |
District 9 | Thomas Goolsby | 8.3% | 97,772 | Deb Butler |
District 18 | Chad Barefoot | 11.8% | 92,770 | Doug Berger |
District 47 | Ralph Hise | 12.9% | 82,214 | Phil Feagan |
District 50 | Jim Davis | 14.2% | 88,294 | John Snow |
District 46 | Warren Daniel | 14.7% | 78,457 | John T. McDevitt |
Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.
2012 Margin of Victory, North Carolina House of Representatives | ||||
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District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Votes | Top Opponent |
District 6 | Paul Tine | 1.1% | 41,054 | Mattie Lawson |
District 35 | Chris Malone | 1.6% | 40,213 | Lori B. Millberg |
District 118 | Michele D. Presnell | 2.6% | 36,537 | Ray Rapp |
District 92 | Charles Jeter | 2.8% | 36,663 | Robin Bradford |
District 9 | Brian Brown | 3% | 38,424 | Marian McLawhorn |
District 93 | Jonathan Jordan | 3% | 38,823 | Cullie Tarleton |
District 119 | Joe Sam Queen | 3.5% | 32,241 | Mike Clampitt |
District 41 | Thomas Murry | 3.6% | 41,789 | Jim Messina |
District 51 | Michael Stone | 4.1% | 30,297 | W. P. Tatum |
District 49 | Jim Fulghum | 7.9% | 52,434 | Keith Karlsson |
There were both regularly scheduled elections and special elections scheduled for the U.S. House in 2014.
Voters in North Carolina elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.
Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Carolina utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Parties decide who may vote in their respective primaries. Voters may choose a primary ballot without impacting their unaffiliated status.[1][2][3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 11, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 10, 2014 (25 days before the day of the election).[5]
Incumbent: Thom Tillis filled the Senate seat held by Kay Hagan (D). Hagan was first elected in 2008.
General election candidates
May 6, 2014, primary results
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Incumbent Kay Hagan was a Democratic senator in a red state, making her seat one of the most vulnerable in 2014. The unpopularity of President Obama's healthcare mandate, combined with its poor implementation thus far, was a major issue that Hagan could not overcome in order to win re-election.
The 12th Congressional District of North Carolina held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Carolina utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Parties decide who may vote in their respective primaries. Voters may choose a primary ballot without impacting their unaffiliated status.[26][27][28][29]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 11, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 10, 2014 (25 days before the day of the election).[5]
Incumbent: Melvin L. Watt (D), who was first elected in 1992, resigned from his seat in 2013 to take a position in the Obama administration.
North Carolina's 12th Congressional District is located in the west-central portion of the state and includes portions of Mecklenburg County.[30]
General election candidates
May 6, 2014, primary results
The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in North Carolina took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected 13 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 13 congressional districts.
Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Carolina utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Parties decide who may vote in their respective primaries. Voters may choose a primary ballot without impacting their unaffiliated status.[32][33][34][35]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 11, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 10, 2014 (25 days before the day of the election).[5]
Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held 9 of the 13 congressional seats from North Carolina.
Members of the U.S. House from North Carolina -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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Party | As of November 2014 | After the 2014 Election | |
Democratic Party | 4 | 3 | |
Republican Party | 9 | 10 | |
Total | 13 | 13 |
Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the 13 congressional districts were:
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Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014.
Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the North Carolina State Senate:
North Carolina State Senate | |||
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Party | As of November 3, 2014 | After November 4, 2014 | |
Democratic Party | 17 | 16 | |
Republican Party | 33 | 34 | |
Total | 50 | 50 |
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Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014.
Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the North Carolina House of Representatives:
North Carolina House of Representatives | |||
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Party | As of November 3, 2014 | After November 4, 2014 | |
Democratic Party | 43 | 46 | |
Republican Party | 77 | 74 | |
Total | 120 | 120 |
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One statewide ballot measure was certified for the 2014 ballot in the state of North Carolina.
November 4:
Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Criminal Defendant May Waive Jury Trial Amendment | Criminal Trials | Amends North Carolina Constitution to allow criminal defendants to waive jury trial |
In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.
A total of 34 North Carolina school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 126 seats. Five board elections were held in May 2014, while the remaining 29 districts held elections on November 4, 2014.
Here are several quick facts about North Carolina's school board elections in 2014:
The districts listed below served 786,518 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[73] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.
2014 North Carolina School Board Elections | ||||
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District | Date | Seats up for election | Total board seats | Student enrollment |
Durham Public Schools | 5/6/2014 | 4 | 7 | 32,478 |
Iredell-Statesville Schools | 5/6/2014 | 4 | 7 | 21,336 |
Onslow County Schools | 5/6/2014 | 3 | 7 | 23,890 |
Robeson County Schools | 5/6/2014 | 4 | 11 | 23,933 |
Wilkes County Schools | 5/6/2014 | 2 | 5 | 10,374 |
Alamance-Burlington Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 22,683 |
Brunswick County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 5 | 12,274 |
Buncombe County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 25,571 |
Cabarrus County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 28,980 |
Caldwell County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 12,755 |
Catawba County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 17,370 |
Craven County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 15,048 |
Cumberland County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 9 | 53,305 |
Davidson County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 5 | 20,648 |
Duplin County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 2 | 5 | 9,145 |
Gaston County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 5 | 9 | 32,326 |
Guilford County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 5 | 11 | 71,722 |
Harnett County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 5 | 19,640 |
Henderson County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 13,472 |
Johnston County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 32,454 |
Lee County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 9,834 |
Lenoir County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 9,298 |
Lincoln County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 12,016 |
Moore County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 8 | 12,555 |
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools | 11/4/2014 | 6 | 11 | 17,448 |
New Hanover County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 24,343 |
Pitt County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 12 | 23,630 |
Randolph County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 18,935 |
Rockingham County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 5 | 11 | 13,962 |
Rowan-Salisbury Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 20,356 |
Union County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 5 | 9 | 39,746 |
Wayne County Public Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 19,471 |
Wilson County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 4 | 7 | 12,234 |
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools | 11/4/2014 | 9 | 9 | 53,286 |
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in North Carolina, please visit our absentee voting by state page.
North Carolina is one of 33 states (plus the District of Columbia) that permit some form of early voting. Early voting begins on the third Thursday before Election Day and ends on the Saturday prior to the election.[78]
North Carolina ranked 19th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. North Carolina received an overall score of 67 percent.[79]
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