A general election was held in the U.S. state of North Carolina on November 3, 2020.
To vote by mail, registered North Carolina voters had to request a ballot by October 27, 2020. As of early October, some 1,268,014 voters had requested mail ballots.
Federal offices
President of the United States
North Carolina has 15 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Nominees for the presidential election included Donald Trump (R), Joe Biden (D), and Jo Jorgensen (L), with incumbent president Trump winning the state's electors.
United States Senate
Thom Tillis (R, incumbent), Cal Cunningham (D), Kevin E. Hayes (C), and Shannon Bray (L) ran for office in the general election of North Carolina, with incumbent Tillis winning a second term.
United States House of Representatives
North Carolina voted for 13 U.S. Representatives, one from each of the state's 13 congressional districts.
State offices
Executive offices
North Carolina is one of 11 states that held elections for governor in the 2020 general election. Roy Cooper (D, incumbent) ran against Dan Forest (R), Al Pisano (C), and Steven DiFiore II (L), and won a second term.
Other executive offices up for election in the general election included lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, auditor, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of labor, and commissioner of insurance.
Judicial elections
Legislature
The outcome of this election affected partisan balance during post-census redistricting.
State senate
All 50 seats within the North Carolina Senate were up for election in the general election, with the Democrats making a net gain of one.
State House of Representatives
All 120 seats within the state's House of Representatives were up for election in the general election, with the Republicans making a four-seat net gain but still falling short of a "veto-proof" 3/5 supermajority.
North Carolina ballot measures
There were no statewide ballot measures on the ballot in the general election; however, there were local measures for voters in Guilford County, Mecklenburg County, and Wake County.
See also
- Electoral reform in North Carolina
- North Carolina State Board of Elections
- Political party strength in North Carolina
- Politics of North Carolina
- Elections in North Carolina
References
Further reading
- Elise Viebeck (October 12, 2020), "A legal fight over how to fix ballot errors in North Carolina has left thousands of voters in limbo. Nearly half are people of color", Washington Post
External links
- "North Carolina 2020 Purge List", SaveMyVote2020.org, Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund,
Check if you have been purged from the North Carolina voter rolls
- "North Carolina NAACP v. North Carolina State Board of Elections", Freespeechforpeople.org. (Lawsuit about electronic voting system, "ExpressVote", a product of Election Systems & Software, LLC)
- North Carolina at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "North Carolina", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "North Carolina: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- Henderson County Public Library, 2020 Election Guide: North Carolina Elections, Hendersonville
- "League of Women Voters of North Carolina". July 29, 2019. (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- North Carolina 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets
- "Election Guides: North Carolina", Spreadthevote.org, archived from the original on October 4, 2020, retrieved October 7, 2020. (Guidance to help voters get to the polls; addresses transport, childcare, work, information challenges)
