2020 North Carolina Attorney General election
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The 2020 North Carolina election for Attorney General was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, first elected in 2016, ran for re-election against Republican Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill.[1] With a narrow margin separating Stein and O'Neill, the Associated Press was finally able to call Stein the winner on November 17, 2020 (two weeks after Election Day).[2]
Democratic primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Josh Stein, incumbent Attorney General[3]
Republican primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Sam Hayes, general counsel for the North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell[4]
- Christine Mumma, executive director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence[5]
- Jim O'Neill, Forsyth County district attorney and candidate for North Carolina Attorney General in 2016[6]
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim O'Neill | 338,567 | 46.55% | |
| Republican | Sam Hayes | 226,453 | 31.14% | |
| Republican | Christine Mumma | 162,301 | 22.31% | |
| Total votes | 727,321 | 100.00% | ||
General election[]
Predictions[]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[8] | Lean D | June 25, 2020 |
Polling[]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Josh Stein (D) |
Jim O'Neill (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina University | October 27–28, 2020 | 1,103 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 49% | 42% | 3%[a] | 6% |
| Meeting Street Insights (R) | October 24–27, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 49% | 44% | – | 4% |
| East Carolina University | October 15–18, 2020 | 1,155 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 49% | 44% | 2%[b] | 5% |
| East Carolina University | October 2–4, 2020 | 1,232 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 43% | 46% | 2%[c] | 9% |
| Cardinal Point Analytics (R) | July 22–24, 2020 | 735 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 40% | 45% | – | 15% |
| Cardinal Point Analytics (R) | July 13–15, 2020 | 547 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 43% | 43% | – | 14% |
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Josh Stein (incumbent) | 2,713,400 | 50.13% | -0.14% | |
| Republican | Jim O'Neill | 2,699,778 | 49.87% | +0.14% | |
| Total votes | 5,413,178 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Friedman, Corey (November 9, 2016). "Josh Stein bests Buck Newton in attorney general race". The Wilson Times. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ WUNC
- ^ Bonner, Lynn; Thompson, Elizabeth (March 10, 2019). "Who's running in North Carolina's 2020 statewide races?". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ Fain, Travis (December 20, 2019). "Filing flurry fills NC ballots". WRAL. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ Specht, Paul (December 20, 2019). "NC Attorney General Stein gets challenge from innocence group leader". WRAL. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ Hewlett, Michael (February 8, 2019). "Forsyth DA Jim O'Neill announces run for N.C. attorney general. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination in 2016". Winston-Salem Journal.
- ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ^ "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
External links[]
- 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
- "League of Women Voters of North Carolina". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- North Carolina at Ballotpedia
- Official campaign websites
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