North Carolina 2020 Election Results

North Carolina held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 170 legislative seats and 10 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Republicans withstood a massive Democratic effort to flip the General Assembly but fell short of veto-proof majorities, so Gov. Roy Cooper (D) kept his veto as a check on the legislature. Holding both chambers still gave the GOP the post-2020-census redistricting, where the governor has no veto.
The House was where Republicans gained ground, unseating five Democratic incumbents, four of them first-termers:
- Erin Paré (R) beat Rep. Sydney Batch (D) in House District 37, Ben Moss (R) beat Rep. Scott Brewer (D) in House District 66, and Ray Pickett (R) beat Rep. Ray Russell (D) in House District 93.
- Two were rematches of 2018 races the Republicans had lost: in House District 98, former Rep. John Bradford (R) unseated Rep. Christy Clark (D), who had narrowly beaten him, and in House District 119, former Rep. Mike Clampitt (R) beat Rep. Joe Sam Queen (D).
- Diane Wheatley (R) also flipped House District 43, a Cumberland County seat whose Democratic incumbent had lost the March primary.
- Democrats' only House pickups came against Republican incumbents, both by under 900 votes: Brian Farkas (D) beat Rep. Perrin Jones (R) in House District 9, and Ricky Hurtado (D) beat Rep. Stephen Ross (R) in House District 63.
In the Senate, Democrats won two open Republican seats in Wake and Mecklenburg counties that the court-forced 2019 redraw had made more Democratic: Sarah Crawford (D) took Senate District 18 and DeAndrea Salvador (D) took Senate District 39. They gave one back in Senate District 9, where former Sen. Michael Lee (R) beat Sen. Harper Peterson (D) by about 1,300 votes in a rematch of their 2018 race, leaving Democrats a net gain of one seat.
Cooper beat Lt. Gov. Dan Forest (R) by about 4.5 points after Forest made Cooper's pandemic handling the centerpiece of his campaign, but the rest of the Council of State, the state's other elected executive offices, was a rough night for Democrats:
- Mark Robinson (R) beat Rep. Yvonne Lewis Holley (D) by about 3 points to become the state's first Black lieutenant governor.
- Republicans also took the other two open seats: Catherine Truitt (R) won Superintendent of Public Instruction over Jen Mangrum (D) by about 3 points, and Josh Dobson (R) won Labor Commissioner over Jessica Holmes (D) by under 2 points.
- Attorney General Josh Stein (D) held off Jim O'Neill (R) by about 13,600 votes, outside the recount threshold, and Auditor Beth Wood (D) beat Tony Street (R) by under 2 points.
- Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D), Treasurer Dale R. Folwell (R), Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey (R), and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler (R) were all reelected.
In all, 11 legislative seats changed party, 7 to Republicans and 4 to Democrats. Beyond the flips, Rep. John Szoka (R) held House District 45 by about 700 votes, and 11 seats had no candidate from one of the major parties.

Legislature

House (120 seats): 55 D, 65 R before the election, 51 D, 69 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (50 seats): 21 D, 29 R before the election, 22 D, 28 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others
Governor	Roy Cooper (D) 51.52%	Dan Forest (R) 47.01%, Steven J. DiFiore (L) 1.1%
Agriculture Commissioner	Steve Troxler (R) 53.86%	Jenna Wadsworth (D) 46.14%
Attorney General	Josh Stein (D) 50.1%	Jim O'Neill (R) 49.9%
Auditor	Beth Wood (D) 50.88%	Tony Street (R) 49.12%
Insurance Commissioner	Mike Causey (R) 51.76%	Wayne Goodwin (D) 48.24%
Labor Commissioner	Josh Dobson (R) 50.83%	Jessica Holmes (D) 49.17%
Lt. Governor	Mark Robinson (R) 51.6%	Yvonne Lewis Holley (D) 48.4%
Secretary of State	Elaine Marshall (D) 51.2%	E.C. Sykes (R) 48.8%
Superintendent of Public Instruction	Catherine Truitt (R) 51.38%	Jen Mangrum (D) 48.62%
Treasurer	Dale R. Folwell (R) 52.58%	Ronnie Chatterji (D) 47.42%

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Ed Goodwin (R) 54.5%	Emily Nicholson (D) 45.5%
House 2	Larry Yarborough (R) 60.4%	Cindy Deporter (D) 39.6%
House 3	Steve Tyson (R) 60.8%	Dorothea D. White (D) 39.2%
House 4	Jimmy Dixon (R) 65.7%	Christopher Schulte (D) 34.3%
House 5	Howard Hunter III (D) 56.7%	Donald Kirkland (R) 43.3%
House 6	Bobby Hanig (R) 64.3%	Tommy Fulcher (D) 35.7%
House 7	Matthew Winslow (R) 58.97%	Phil Stover (D) 41.03%
House 8	Kandie Smith (D) 60.2%	Anthony Moore (R) 39.8%
House 9	Brian Farkas (D) 51.2%	Perrin Jones (R) 48.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 10	John Bell (R) 69.8%	Carl Martin (D) 30.2%
House 11	Allison Dahle (D) 68.4%	Clark Pope (R) 26%, Adrian Travers (L) 5.6%
House 12	Chris Humphrey (R) 54.6%	Virginia Cox-Daugherty (D) 45.4%
House 13	Patricia McElraft (R) 71.6%	Buck Bayliff (D) 28.4%
House 14	George Cleveland (R) 60%	Marcy Wofford (D) 40%
House 15	Phil Shepard (R) 69.5%	Carolyn Gomaa (D) 30.5%
House 16	Carson Smith (R) 64.4%	Debbi Fintak (D) 35.6%
House 17	Frank Iler (R) 62.4%	Tom Simmons (D) 37.6%
House 18	Deb Butler (D) 59.8%	Warren Kennedy (R) 40.2%
House 19	Charlie Miller (R) 58%	Marcia Morgan (D) 42%
House 20	Ted Davis (R) 55.3%	Adam Ericson (D) 44.7%
House 21	Raymond Smith Jr. (D) 53%	Brent Heath (R) 47%
House 22	William Brisson (R) 57.6%	Albert Kirby Jr. (D) 42.4%
House 23	Shelly Willingham (D) 58.8%	Claiborne R. Holtzman (R) 39.6%, Abbie Lane (G) 1.7%
House 24	Linda Cooper-Suggs (D) 52.6%	Mick Rankin (R) 47.4%
House 25	James Gailliard (D) 51.6%	John Check (R) 44.7%, Nick Taylor (L) 3.7%
House 26	Donna White (R) 53.7%	Linda Bennett (D) 34.8%, Denton Lee (Other) 11.6%
House 27	Michael Wray (D) 66.8%	Warren Scott Nail (R) 33.2%
House 28	Larry Strickland (R) 67.7%	Corey Stephens (D) 32.3%
House 29	Vernetta Alston (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 30	Marcia Morey (D) 81.68%	Gavin Bell (L) 18.32%
House 31	Zack Hawkins (D) 85.5%	Sean Haugh (L) 14.5%
House 32	Terry Garrison (D) 61.2%	David Woodson (R) 38.8%
House 33	Rosa Gill (D) 70.8%	Frann Sarpolus (R) 24.9%, Sammie Brooks (L) 4.4%
House 34	Grier Martin (D) 56.53%	Ron Smith (R) 39.11%, Michael Munger (L) 4.36%
House 35	Terence Everitt (D) 50.7%	Fred Von Canon (R) 45.7%, Michael Nelson (L) 3.6%
House 36	Julie von Haefen (D) 53.2%	Kim Coley (R) 43.1%, Bruce Basson (L) 3.7%
House 37	Erin Paré (R) 50.1%	Sydney Batch (D) 46.8%, Liam Leaver (L) 3.1%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 38	Abraham P. Jones (D) 77.7%	Kenneth Bagnal (R) 17.7%, Richard Haygood (L) 4.6%
House 39	Darren Jackson (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 40	Joel John (D) 56.5%	Gerard Falzon (R) 43.5%
House 41	Gale Adcock (D) 62%	Scott Populorum (R) 34.9%, Guy Meilleur (L) 3.1%
House 42	Marvin Lucas, Jr. (D) 67.39%	Jon Blake (R) 32.61%
House 43	Diane Wheatley (R) 51.8%	Kimberly Hardy (D) 48.2%	Flipped D to R
House 44	Bill Richardson (D) 71.9%	Heather Holmes (R) 28.1%
House 45	John Szoka (R) 50.9%	Frances Jackson (D) 49.1%
House 46	Brenden Jones (R) 60.7%	Tim Heath (D) 39.3%
House 47	Charles Graham (D) 52.4%	Olivia Oxendine (R) 47.6%
House 48	Garland Pierce (D) 55.9%	Johnny Boyles (R) 44.1%
House 49	Cynthia Ball (D) 65%	Dave Robertson (R) 30.2%, Dee Watson (L) 4.7%
House 50	Graig Meyer (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 51	John Sauls (R) 57.3%	Jason Cain (D) 42.7%
House 52	Jamie Boles (R) 64.4%	Lowell Simon (D) 35.6%
House 53	Howard Penny (R) 61%	Sally Benson (D) 35.2%, Zach Berly (L) 3.9%
House 54	Robert Reives (D) 61.2%	George Gilson Jr. (R) 38.8%
House 55	Mark Brody (R) 58.3%	Gloria Overcash (D) 41.7%
House 56	Verla Insko (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 57	Ashton Clemmons (D) 68.3%	Chris Meadows (R) 31.7%
House 58	Amos Quick (D) 76.2%	Clinton Honey (R) 23.8%
House 59	Jon Hardister (R) 52.3%	Nicole Quick (D) 47.7%
House 60	Cecil Brockman (D) 64.1%	Frank Ragsdale (R) 35.9%
House 61	Mary Harrison (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 62	John Faircloth (R) 57.4%	Brandon Gray-Hill (D) 42.6%
House 63	Ricky Hurtado (D) 50.6%	Stephen Ross (R) 49.4%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 64	Dennis Riddell (R) 59.5%	Eric Henry (D) 40.5%
House 65	Jerry Carter (R) 64.7%	Amanda Bell (D) 35.3%
House 66	Ben Moss (R) 59.9%	Scott Brewer (D) 40.1%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 67	Clayton Sasser (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 68	David Willis (R) 63%	Ericka McKnight (D) 37%
House 69	Dean Arp (R) 64.9%	Pam De Maria (D) 35.1%
House 70	Patrick J. Hurley (R) 75.9%	Sue Scott (D) 24.1%
House 71	Evelyn Terry (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 72	Amber Baker (D) 71.3%	Dan Lawlor (R) 28.7%
House 73	Lee Zachary (R) 64.5%	Bill Stinson (D) 35.5%
House 74	Jeff Zenger (R) 51.2%	Dan Besse (D) 48.8%
House 75	Donny Lambeth (R) 60.3%	Elisabeth Motsinger (D) 39.7%
House 76	Harry Warren (R) 61.1%	Al Heggins (D) 38.9%
House 77	Julia Howard (R) 74.6%	Keith Townsend (D) 25.4%
House 78	Allen McNeill (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 79	Keith Kidwell (R) 63.8%	Nick Blount (D) 36.2%
House 80	Sam Watford (R) 75.2%	Wendy Sellars (D) 24.8%
House 81	Larry Potts (R) 73%	Robert B. Jordan (D) 27%
House 82	Kristin Baker (R) 53%	Aimy Steele (D) 47%
House 83	Larry Pittman (R) 51.3%	Gail Young (D) 48.7%
House 84	Jeff McNeely (R) 69.1%	Gayle Harris (D) 30.9%
House 85	Dudley Greene (R) 77.5%	Ted Remington (D) 22.5%
House 86	Hugh Blackwell (R) 69.9%	Cecelia Surratt (D) 30.1%
House 87	Destin Hall (R) 76.9%	Corie Schreiber (D) 23.1%
House 88	Mary Belk (D) 63.1%	David Tondreau (R) 36.9%
House 89	Mitchell Setzer (R) 74.3%	Greg Cranford (D) 25.7%
House 90	Sarah Stevens (R) 74.6%	Beth Shaw (D) 25.4%
House 91	Kyle Hall (R) 78.4%	Rita Cruise (D) 21.6%
House 92	Terry L Brown (D) 72.9%	Jerry Munden (R) 27.1%
House 93	Ray Pickett (R) 53%	Ray Russell (D) 47%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 94	Jeffrey C. Elmore (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 95	Grey Mills Jr. (R) 65.7%	Amanda Kotis (D) 34.3%
House 96	Jay Adams (R) 63%	Kimberly Bost (D) 37%
House 97	Jason Saine (R) 74.1%	Greg McBryde (D) 25.9%
House 98	John Bradford (R) 51.7%	Christy Clark (D) 48.3%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 99	Nasif Majeed (D) 64.6%	Russell Rowe (R) 35.4%
House 100	John Autry (D) 71.9%	Kalle Thompson (R) 28.1%
House 101	Carolyn Logan (D) 73.9%	Steve Mauney (R) 26.1%
House 102	Becky Carney (D) 78.4%	Kyle Kirby (R) 21.6%
House 103	Rachel Hunt (D) 54.9%	Bill Brawley (R) 45.1%
House 104	Brandon Lofton (D) 53.9%	Don Pomeroy (R) 46.1%
House 105	Wesley Harris (D) 54.8%	Amy Bynum (R) 45.2%
House 106	Carla Cunningham (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 107	Kelly Alexander, Jr. (D) 81.3%	Richard Rivette (R) 18.7%
House 108	John Torbett (R) 63.2%	Daniel Caudill (D) 36.8%
House 109	Dana Bumgardner (R) 62.1%	Susan Maxon (D) 37.9%
House 110	Kelly Hastings (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 111	Tim Moore (R) 63.52%	Jennifer Childers (D) 36.48%
House 112	Dave Rogers (R) 73.9%	Ed Hallyburton (D) 25.9%, Darren Joiner (Other) 0.1%
House 113	Jake Johnson (R) 59.6%	Samuel Edney (D) 40.4%
House 114	Susan C. Fisher (D) 58.2%	Tim Hyatt (R) 38.3%, Lynn Smith (L) 3.4%
House 115	John Ager (D) 62.3%	Mark Crawford (R) 37.7%
House 116	Brian Turner (D) 61.9%	Eric Burns (R) 38.1%
House 117	Tim Moffitt (R) 60.6%	Josh Remillard (D) 39.4%
House 118	Mark Pless (R) 63.6%	Al Jones (D) 36.4%
House 119	Mike Clampitt (R) 54.1%	Joe Sam Queen (D) 45.9%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 120	Karl Gillespie (R) 74.2%	Susan Landis (D) 25.8%
Senate 1	Bob Steinburg (R) 55.2%	Tess Judge (D) 44.8%
Senate 2	Norman Sanderson (R) 63.16%	Libbie Griffin (D) 32.95%, Timothy Harris (L) 3.89%
Senate 3	Ernestine Bazemore (D) 52%	Thomas Hester Jr. (R) 48%
Senate 4	Milton F. Fitch Jr. (D) 57.2%	Sammy Webb (R) 42.8%
Senate 5	Donald Davis (D) 55.1%	Karen Kozel (R) 44.9%
Senate 6	Michael Lazzara (R) 65.5%	Isaiah Johnson (D) 34.5%
Senate 7	James Perry (R) 55.3%	Donna Lake (D) 44.7%
Senate 8	Bill Rabon (R) 62.01%	David Sink Jr. (D) 34.85%, Anthony A. Mascolo (L) 3.14%
Senate 9	Michael Lee (R) 50.5%	Harper Peterson (D) 49.5%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 10	Brent Jackson (R) 65.1%	Vernon Moore (D) 34.9%
Senate 11	Lisa Barnes (R) 55%	Allen Wellons (D) 45%
Senate 12	Jim Burgin (R) 60.8%	John Kirkman (D) 39.2%
Senate 13	Danny Britt (R) 63.6%	Barbara Yates-Lockamy (D) 36.4%
Senate 14	Dan Blue (D) 72.7%	Alan David Michael (R) 22.8%, Justin Walczak (L) 4.6%
Senate 15	Jay Chaudhuri (D) 58%	Mario Lomuscio (R) 36.8%, Kat McDonald (L) 5.2%
Senate 16	Wiley Nickel (D) 65.6%	William Marsh (R) 34.4%
Senate 17	Sam Searcy (D) 51.4%	Mark Cavaliero (R) 44.8%, Travis Groo (L) 3.8%
Senate 18	Sarah Crawford (D) 52.1%	Larry Norman (R) 44.4%, Jason Loeback (L) 3.5%	Flipped R to D
Senate 19	Kirk deViere (D) 51.5%	Wesley Meredith (R) 48.5%
Senate 20	Natalie Murdock (D) 83.6%	John Tarantino (R) 16.4%
Senate 21	Ben Clark (D) 68%	Sev Palacios (R) 32%
Senate 22	Mike Woodard (D) 58.4%	Rick Padgett (R) 38.5%, Ray Ubinger (L) 3.1%
Senate 23	Valerie Foushee (D) 68.3%	Tom Glendinning (R) 31.7%
Senate 24	Amy Galey (R) 52.4%	J.D. Wooten (D) 47.6%
Senate 25	Tom McInnis (R) 59.1%	Helen Probst Mills (D) 40.9%
Senate 26	Dave Craven (R) 70.3%	Jane Ledwell Gant (D) 29.7%
Senate 27	Michael Garrett (D) 54.3%	Sebastian King (R) 45.7%
Senate 28	Gladys Robinson (D) 76.34%	Devin R. King (R) 23.66%
Senate 29	Steve Jarvis (R) 74.5%	Duskin Lassiter (D) 25.5%
Senate 30	Phil Berger (R) 68.6%	Wally White (D) 31.4%
Senate 31	Joyce Krawiec (R) 53.1%	Terri LeGrand (D) 46.9%
Senate 32	Paul Lowe (D) 59.4%	Ven Challa (R) 40.6%
Senate 33	Carl Ford (R) 70.5%	Tarsha Ellis (D) 29.5%
Senate 34	Vickie Sawyer (R) 71%	Barry Templeton (D) 29%
Senate 35	Todd Johnson (R) 63.4%	Jose Santiago (D) 36.6%
Senate 36	Paul Newton (R) 57.7%	Marteze Singleton (D) 42.3%
Senate 37	Jeff Jackson (D) 55%	Sonja Nichols (R) 41.3%, Jeff Scott (L) 3.7%
Senate 38	Mujtaba Mohammed (D) 78.1%	Jack Brosch (R) 21.9%
Senate 39	DeAndrea Salvador (D) 62.2%	Joshua Niday (R) 37.8%	Flipped R to D
Senate 40	Joyce Waddell (D) 72.1%	Bobby Shields (R) 27.9%
Senate 41	Natasha Marcus (D) 71.9%	Chris Cole (L) 28.1%
Senate 42	H. Dean Proctor (R) 71.3%	Tina Miles (D) 28.7%
Senate 43	Kathryn Harrington (R) 65.4%	Bill Young (D) 34.6%
Senate 44	Ted Alexander (R) 70.8%	David Lee Lattimore (D) 29.2%
Senate 45	Deanna Ballard (R) 68.4%	Jeanne Supin (D) 31.6%
Senate 46	Warren Daniel (R) 72.3%	Edward Phifer III (D) 27.7%
Senate 47	Ralph Hise (R) 68.4%	David Wheeler (D) 31.6%
Senate 48	Chuck Edwards (R) 58.9%	Brian Caskey (D) 41.1%
Senate 49	Julie Mayfield (D) 62.7%	Bob Penland (R) 37.3%
Senate 50	Kevin Corbin (R) 66.7%	Victoria Fox (D) 33.3%

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