2020 North Carolina Attorney General election
The 2020 North Carolina election for Attorney General is scheduled to be 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.
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Party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, first elected in 2016, is running for re-election against Republican nominee Jim O'Neill.[1]
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Sam Hayes, general counsel for the North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell[3]
- Christine Mumma, executive director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence[4]
- Jim O'Neill, Forsyth County district attorney and candidate for North Carolina Attorney General in 2016[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | 100.0% | ||
General election
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Josh Stein (D) |
Jim O'Neill (R) |
Undecided |
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| Cardinal Point Analytics | July 13-15, 2020 | 547 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 43.1% | 43.3% | 13.7% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | Josh Stein (incumbent) | ||||
| Republican | Jim O'Neill | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0% | ||||
References
- Friedman, Corey (November 9, 2016). "Josh Stein bests Buck Newton in attorney general race". The Wilson Times.
- 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.
External links
- Official campaign websites
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