United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2020
- Election date: Nov. 3
- Registration deadline(s): Oct. 9
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Recount laws
- Early voting starts: Oct. 15
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 12 (received)
- Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
- Voter ID: No ID
- Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in North Carolina took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected 13 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 13 congressional districts.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Note: On November 20, 2019, a three-judge panel of North Carolina's state superior court issued an order delaying the congressional candidate filing period for the 2020 election cycle while the state's U.S. House district plan was reviewed. The filing period for U.S. House candidates, set to open on December 2 and close on December 20, 2019, was temporarily delayed while a three-panel judge heard arguments on December 2, 2019. The judges ruled that the redrawn congressional maps should stand, meaning the filing period would open and close as scheduled.[1][2]
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
North Carolina modified its absentee/mail-in voting and early voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: The witness signature requirement on completed absentee ballots decreased from two to one. The receipt deadline was extended to 5 p.m. on November 12, 2020, for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
- Early voting: Early voting sites were required to be open for at least 10 hours on the weekends of October 17-18, 2020, and October 24-25, 2020. Counties had to open at least one early voting site per 20,000 registered voters.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 3 election, the Republican Party held seven of the 13 congressional seats from North Carolina.
| Members of the U.S. House from North Carolina -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2020 | After the 2020 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 3 | 5 | |
| Republican Party | 9 | 8 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 13 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the 13 congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| G.K. Butterfield | 1 | |
| George Holding | 2 | |
| Gregory Murphy | 3 | |
| David Price | 4 | |
| Virginia Foxx | 5 | |
| Mark Walker | 6 | |
| David Rouzer | 7 | |
| Richard Hudson | 8 | |
| Dan Bishop | 9 | |
| Patrick McHenry | 10 | |
| Vacant | - | 11 |
| Alma Adams | 12 | |
| Ted Budd | 13 |
Voting in North Carolina
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Click the links below for more information on North Carolina elections in 2020:
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Battleground races
Ballotpedia identified the following North Carolina elections as battlegrounds:
- North Carolina gubernatorial election, 2020
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
- North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
- North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2020
- North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary runoff)
- North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020
- United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- G.K. Butterfield (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Sandy Smith (Republican Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- G.K. Butterfield (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Ethan Baca
- James Glisson (unofficially withdrew)
- Michele Nix
- Sandy Smith ✔
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District 2
General election candidates
- Deborah Ross (Democratic Party) ✔
- Alan Swain (Republican Party)
- Jeff Matemu (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
District 3
General election candidates
- Gregory Murphy (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Daryl Farrow (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Gregory Murphy (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 4
General election candidates
- David Price (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Robert Thomas (Republican Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- David Price (Incumbent) ✔
- Daniel Ulysses Lockwood
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
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District 5
General election candidates
- Virginia Foxx (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- David Wilson Brown (Democratic Party)
- Jeff Gregory (Constitution Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Virginia Foxx (Incumbent) ✔
Minor Party primary candidates
Constitution Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
District 6
General election candidates
- Kathy Manning (Democratic Party) ✔
- Joseph Lee Haywood (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jennyfer Bucardo (Independent)
- Bryson Gray (Independent)
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Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 7
General election candidates
- David Rouzer (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Christopher Ward (Democratic Party)
- Theresa Everett (Independent) (Write-in)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- David Rouzer (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 8
General election candidates
- Richard Hudson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Patricia Timmons-Goodson (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Richard Hudson (Incumbent) ✔
District 9
General election candidates
- Dan Bishop (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Cynthia Wallace (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Dan Bishop (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
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District 10
General election candidates
- Patrick T. McHenry (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- David Parker (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- Patrick T. McHenry (Incumbent) ✔
- David Johnson
- Ralf Walters
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 11
General election candidates
- Morris Davis (Democratic Party)
- Madison Cawthorn (Republican Party) ✔
- Tamara Zwinak (Green Party)
- Tracey DeBruhl (Libertarian Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary runoff candidates
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Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- 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 (Incumbent)
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Minor Party primary candidates
Green Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Libertarian Party
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 12
General election candidates
- Alma Adams (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- Richard Smith (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary candidates
- Alma Adams (Incumbent) ✔
- Keith Cradle
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
- Bill Brewster (disqualified appeared on ballot)
District 13
General election candidates
- Ted Budd (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Scott Huffman (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Ted Budd (Incumbent) ✔
Candidate ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in North Carolina in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in North Carolina, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020 | ||||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| North Carolina | 10th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 11th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 12th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 13th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 1st Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 2nd Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 3rd Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 4th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 5th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 6th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 7th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 8th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 9th Congressional District | Recognized party | N/A | N/A | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 12/20/2019 | Source |
| North Carolina | 10th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 11th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 12th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 13th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 1st Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 2nd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 3rd Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 4th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 5th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 6th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 7th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 8th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
| North Carolina | 9th Congressional District | Unaffiliated | Unknown (district-level election results unavailable for calculations) | 1.5% of registered voters in the district as of January 1, 2020 | $1,740.00 | 1% of annual salary | 4/3/2020 | Source |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
- Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Marielle Bricker, "Phone conversation with the North Carolina Board of Elections Public Information Officer Patrick Gannon," November 21, 2019
- ↑ Winston Salem Journal, "Judges give OK to congressional district maps. Candidates for House, Senate can start filing immediately," December 2, 2019
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