2010 North Carolina elections

Elections were held in North Carolina on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections took place on May 4, 2010.

Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican Richard Burr won re-election against a crowded field.

United States House

All 13 seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. All thirteen incumbents sought re-election.

State

Statewide offices in North Carolina, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and Auditor, were not up for election in 2010.

State Senate

All 50 seats in the North Carolina Senate were up for election in 2010.

State House of Representatives

All 120 seats in the North Carolina House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

Judicial positions

At least one North Carolina Supreme Court seat and four North Carolina Court of Appeals seats were up for election in 2010. Vacancies on either court that occurred before the election may increased the number of seats on the ballot.

Ballot measures

At least one statewide ballot measure was on the November 2 ballot:

  • Prohibit convicted felons from running for sheriff in the state

Local

Many elections for county offices were also held on November 2, 2010.

gollark: I live in some random place in the middle of nowhere, and while that's generally annoying it means housing is cheap, if little else.
gollark: In a sane system, there would be more houses built to compensate for demand. Unfortunately in a lot of places there seem to be weird obstacles to this, like zoning stuff and people living there saying "no development, we must have high housing prices".
gollark: You mean "increasing prices because demand went up"? How terrible.
gollark: I don't think you can reasonably just blame landlords. Housing prices are a complex problem.
gollark: I would hope not.
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