2020 North Carolina Council of State elections

2020 North Carolina Council of State election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)
All 10 members of the North Carolina Council of State
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 6 4 Seats won 6 4 Seat change Percentage 50.68% 49.17% Swing 0.52 0.97

The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2020 were held on November 3, 2020, to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the Senate and elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections were held on March 3, 2020, for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.

The ten members of the North Carolina Council of State are statewide-elected officers serving four-year terms.^[1]

The result of the 2020 elections was a Council of State consisting of four Democrats and six Republicans, just as it had been before the elections.^[2] Three seats (Lieutenant Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Commissioner of Labor) were open, but in each case, a Republican succeeded a fellow Republican.

Governor

Main article: 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election

Incumbent governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, ran for a second term. The Republican Party nominated Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest. The Libertarian Party nominated Steven J. DiFore, and the Constitution Party nominated Al Pisano. Cooper won re-election to a second term with 51.5% of the vote. Cooper received the most votes of any Democrat on the ballot in North Carolina in 2020.

Lieutenant governor

Main article: 2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

Incumbent lieutenant governor Dan Forest, a Republican, was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits set by the North Carolina Constitution. Forest ran for the governorship.

The Republican Party nominated Mark Robinson, a businessman and first-time political candidate. The Democratic party nominated State Representative Yvonne Lewis Holley. Robinson defeated Holley, winning 51.6% of the vote to Holley's 48.4%. Robinson thus became North Carolina's first African-American lieutenant governor.

Attorney general

Main article: 2020 North Carolina Attorney General election

Incumbent attorney general Josh Stein, a Democrat, ran for a second term. He faced Republican nominee Jim O'Neill in the general election. Stein defeated O'Neill by just over 13,000 votes out of over 5.4 million cast.

Secretary of state

2020 North Carolina Secretary of State election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Elaine Marshall E.C. Sykes Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,755,571 2,630,559 Percentage 51.16% 48.84%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Marshall:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90%      >90% Sykes:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%

Secretary of State before election Elaine Marshall Democratic Elected Secretary of State Elaine Marshall Democratic

Elaine Marshall, a Democrat, was first elected to the position of secretary of state in 1996 and had held the position since then. She was currently the longest-tenured member of the Council of State. She was unopposed in the primary. The Republican Party nominated businessman E.C. Sykes. Marshall won with 51.2% of the vote, a slightly smaller percentage of the vote than what she received in 2016. She was elected to her seventh term as secretary of state. No Republican had won election to this office since 1872, the longest streak for any state office in the country.^[3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Elaine Marshall, incumbent secretary of state^[4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Chad Brown, Gaston County commissioner^[4]
• Michael LaPaglia, business consultant and nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State in 2016^[5]
• E.C. Sykes, businessman^[6]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Chad Brown	Michael LaPaglia	E.C. Sykes	Undecided
Harper Polling/Civitas Institute[7]	December 2–4, 2019	500 (LV)	± 4.38%	20%	4%	5%	71%

Results

Results by county

  Sykes

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Brown

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  LaPaglia

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E.C. Sykes	296,457	42.9
	Republican	Chad Brown	262,595	38.0
	Republican	Michael LaPaglia	131,832	19.1
Total votes			690,884	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[9]	Likely D	June 25, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Elaine Marshall (D)	E.C. Sykes (R)	Undecided
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)[10]	July 22–24, 2020	735 (LV)	± 3.6%	44%	42%	14%
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)[10]	July 13–15, 2020	547 (LV)	± 4.2%	47%	39%	14%

Results

North Carolina Secretary of State election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Elaine Marshall (incumbent)	2,755,571	51.16%	−1.10%
	Republican	E.C. Sykes	2,630,559	48.84%	+1.10%
Total votes			5,386,130	100.0%
	Democratic hold

State auditor

2020 North Carolina State Auditor election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Beth Wood Anthony Wayne Street Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,730,175 2,635,825 Percentage 50.88% 49.12%

County results Wood:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90% Street:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

State Auditor before election Beth Wood Democratic Elected State Auditor Beth Wood Democratic

Incumbent Auditor Beth Wood, a Democrat, ran for a fourth term. She was narrowly re-elected in 2016, winning by just over six thousand votes. Wood was challenged in the Democratic primary by Luis Toledo, a former Assistant State Auditor. Toledo argued that change was needed in the Auditor's office.^[12] Beth Wood won the primary by a large margin. Anthony Street, a small business owner and member of the Brunswick County Soil and Water Board, won the Republican primary.^[13] Wood won the general election with 50.9% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Luis Toledo, U.S. Air Force veteran^[6]
• Beth Wood, incumbent state auditor^[14]

Results

Results by county

  Wood

•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   >90%

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beth A. Wood (incumbent)	895,610	77.7
	Democratic	Luis A. Toledo	257,433	22.3
Total votes			1,153,043	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tim Hoegemeyer, general counsel for the Office of State Auditor and U.S. Marine Corps veteran^[15]
• Tony Wayne Street, Brunswick County Soil and Water Board member^[16][6]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Wayne (Tony) Street	379,051	56.2
	Republican	Tim Hoegemeyer	295,903	43.8
Total votes			674,954	100.0

General election

Results

North Carolina State Auditor election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Beth A. Wood (incumbent)	2,730,175	50.88%	+0.81%
	Republican	Anthony Wayne (Tony) Street	2,635,825	49.12%	−0.81%
Total votes			5,366,000	100.0%
	Democratic hold

State treasurer

2020 North Carolina State Treasurer election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Dale Folwell Ronnie Chatterji Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,812,799 2,537,019 Percentage 52.58% 47.42%

County results Folwell:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80% Chatterji:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

State Treasurer before election Dale Folwell Republican Elected State Treasurer Dale Folwell Republican

Incumbent Treasurer Dale Folwell, a Republican, ran for a second term.

Duke University professor Ronnie Chatterji won the nomination of the Democratic Party by receiving 36% of the vote in the primary. He defeated Charlotte City Council member Dimple Ajmera and Matt Leatherman, who served as policy director for former state treasurer Janet Cowell.

Folwell defeated Chatterji in the general election. Folwell won 52.6% of the vote to Chatterji's 47.4%.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Dimple Ajmera, Charlotte city councilwoman^[17]
• Ronnie Chatterji, professor at Duke University^[18]
• Matt Leatherman, policy director for former North Carolina State Treasurer Janet Cowell^[19]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Dimple Ajmera	Ronnie Chatterji	Matt Leatherman	Undecided
Public Policy Polling[20]	February 2–4, 2020	604 (LV)	-	9%	4%	8%	80%
Public Policy Polling[21]	January 10–12, 2020	509 (LV)	-	10%	5%	6%	80%

Results

Primary results by county:

Chatterji

•   Chatterji—61-70%
•   Chatterji—51-60%
•   Chatterji—41-50%
•   Chatterji—31-40%

Ajmera

•   Ajmera—61-70%
•   Ajmera—51-60%
•   Ajmera—41-50%
•   Ajmera—31-40%

Leatherman

•   Leatherman—51-60%
•   Leatherman—41-50%
•   Leatherman—31-40%

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronnie Chatterji	411,732	35.8
	Democratic	Dimple Ajmera	390,888	34.0
	Democratic	Matt Leatherman	347,226	30.2
Total votes			1,149,846	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Dale Folwell, incumbent state treasurer

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Dale Folwell (R)	Ronnie Chatterji (D)	Other	Undecided
East Carolina University[22]	October 27–28, 2020	1,103 (LV)	± 3.4%	48%	44%	3%[b]	5%
Meeting Street Insights (R)[23]	October 24–27, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	44%	45%	–	8%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[24]	October 22–25, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	43%	44%	–	13%
East Carolina University[25]	October 15–18, 2020	1,155 (LV)	± 3.4%	47%	43%	3%[c]	7%
East Carolina University[26]	October 2–4, 2020	1,232 (LV)	± 3.2%	44%	44%	1%[d]	11%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[27]	September 17–20, 2020	612 (LV)	± 3.96%	39%	39%	–	22%
East Carolina University[28]	August 29–30, 2020	1,101 (LV)	± 3.4%	41%	40%	5%[e]	14%

Results

North Carolina State Treasurer election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dale Folwell (incumbent)	2,812,799	52.58%	−0.12%
	Democratic	Ronnie Chatterji	2,537,019	47.42%	+0.12%
Total votes			5,349,818	100.0%
	Republican hold

Superintendent of Public Instruction

2020 North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Catherine Truitt Jen Mangrum Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,753,220 2,605,169 Percentage 51.38% 48.62%

County results Truitt:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Mangrum:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Superintendent of Public Instruction before election Mark Johnson Republican Elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt Republican

Mark Johnson was elected to the position of State Superintendent in 2016, defeating incumbent June Atkinson by a narrow margin. Johnson opted not to run for a second term as Superintendent, instead declaring his candidacy for lieutenant governor.^[29] Johnson's candidacy was unsuccessful, placing third in the Republican primary.

Jen Mangrum, an associate professor at UNC Greensboro, received the most votes out of the five candidates in the Democratic primary. Catherine Truitt, chancellor of Western Governors University North Carolina and a former education advisor to Governor Pat McCrory, ran for the Republican nomination. She defeated State Representative D. Craig Horn in the primary. This was the only Council of State election in which both candidates were women.

On Election Day, Truitt defeated Magnum by 2.76 percentage points. She won a slightly higher percentage of the vote than Mark Johnson did in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• James Barrett, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City school board member^[30]
• Constance Lav Johnson, educator and activist^[30]
• Michael Maher, assistant dean of professional education at North Carolina State University^[30]
• Jen Mangrum, associate professor at UNC Greensboro and candidate for North Carolina Senate in 2018^[30]
• Keith Sutton, Wake County School board member^[30]

Withdrawn

• Amy Jablonski, educational consultant and former teacher^[30][31]

Results

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jen Mangrum	378,396	33.2
	Democratic	Keith Sutton	303,592	26.6
	Democratic	Constance Lav Johnson	240,710	21.1
	Democratic	James Barrett	122,855	10.8
	Democratic	Michael Maher	95,239	8.3
Total votes			1,140,072	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• D. Craig Horn, state representative^[32][6]
• Catherine Truitt, chancellor of Western Governors University in North Carolina and former senior education advisor to Pat McCrory^[33]

Declined

• Mark Johnson, incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction^[29]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Truitt	391,915	56.7
	Republican	D. Craig Horn	299,578	43.3
Total votes			691,493	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Catherine Truitt (R)	Jen Mangrum (D)	Undecided
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[24]	October 22–25, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	42%	45%	13%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[27]	September 17–20, 2020	612 (LV)	± 3.96%	38%	38%	22%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[34]	August 6–10, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	35%	35%	31%

Results

North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Catherine Truitt	2,753,220	51.38%	+0.78%
	Democratic	Jen Mangrum	2,605,169	48.62%	−0.78%
Total votes			5,358,389	100.0%
	Republican hold

Commissioner of Agriculture

2020 North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Steve Troxler Jenna Wadsworth Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,901,849 2,485,722 Percentage 53.86% 46.14%

County results Troxler:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Wadsworth:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Commissioner of Agriculture before election Steve Troxler Republican Elected Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler Republican

Incumbent Commissioner Steve Troxler, a Republican, was first elected in 2004. He was unopposed in the primary.

Three Democrats ran to challenge Troxler: Walter Smith, who ran for the office in 2012 and 2016 (losing to Troxler both times), Jenna Wadsworth, a Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor, and Donovan Alexander Watson, a businessman from Durham. Wadsworth came in first place in the primary.

On election day, Troxler won a fifth term as Agriculture Commissioner. He won 53.9% of the statewide vote, a slightly smaller percentage than he received in 2016, when he won 55.6%. Despite this, Troxler still won the largest percentage of the vote of statewide candidate in North Carolina in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Walter Smith, 2012 and 2016 Democratic nominee^[6]
• Jenna Wadsworth, Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor^[30]
• Donovan Alexander Watson, businessman^[6]

Results

Primary results by county:

Wadsworth

•   Wadsworth—71-80%
•   Wadsworth—61-70%
•   Wadsworth—51-60%
•   Wadsworth—41-50%

Smith

•   Smith—71-80%
•   Smith—61-70%
•   Smith—51-60%
•   Smith—41-50%
•   Smith—31-40%

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jenna Wadsworth	609,910	54.0
	Democratic	Walter Smith	344,111	30.5
	Democratic	Donovan Alexander Watson	175,207	15.5
Total votes			1,129,228	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Steve Troxler, incumbent Agriculture Commissioner (unopposed in the primary)

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Troxler (R)	Jenna Wadsworth (D)	Undecided
Meeting Street Insights (R)[23]	October 24–27, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	50%	42%	6%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[24]	October 22–25, 2020	504 (LV)	± 4.4%	47%	44%	9%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R)[34]	August 6–10, 2020	600 (LV)	±  4.0%	42%	34%	24%

Results

North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steve Troxler (incumbent)	2,901,849	53.86%	−1.60%
	Democratic	Jenna Wadsworth	2,485,722	46.14%	+1.60%
Total votes			5,387,571	100.0%
	Republican hold

Commissioner of Labor

2020 North Carolina Commissioner of Labor election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Josh Dobson Jessica Holmes Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,726,619 2,637,528 Percentage 50.83% 49.17%

County results Dobson:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Holmes:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80–90%

Commissioner of Labor before election Cherie Berry Republican Elected Commissioner of Labor Josh Dobson Republican

Cherie Berry was first elected to the position of Commissioner of Labor in 2000 and took office as only the second Republican Labor Commissioner in the history of North Carolina. On April 2, 2019, Berry announced that she would not seek re-election, and would retire from politics. Josh Dobson, a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2013, won the Republican primary over Chuck Stanley, a construction safety manager, and former State Rep. Pearl Burris-Floyd. Wake County commissioner Jessica Holmes was the only Democrat to run. Dobson won the general election with 50.8% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jessica Holmes, Wake County commissioner^[30] (unopposed in the primary)

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Pearl Burris-Floyd, former state representative^[35]
• Josh Dobson, state representative^[36]
• Chuck Stanley, construction safety manager^[6]

Declined

• Cherie Berry, incumbent State Labor Commissioner^[37]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Dobson	274,379	40.3
	Republican	Chuck Stanley	257,883	37.9
	Republican	Pearl Burris-Floyd	148,710	21.8
Total votes			680,972	100.0

General election

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Josh Dobson (R)	Jessica Holmes (D)	Undecided
Meeting Street Insights (R)[23]	October 24–27, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	43%	47%	7%

Results

North Carolina Commissioner of Labor election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Josh Dobson	2,726,619	50.83%	−4.36%
	Democratic	Jessica Holmes	2,637,528	49.17%	+4.47%
Total votes			5,364,147	100.0%
	Republican hold

Commissioner of Insurance

2020 North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Mike Causey Wayne Goodwin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,775,488 2,586,464 Percentage 51.76% 48.24%

County results Causey:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90% Goodwin:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Commissioner of Insurance before election Mike Causey Republican Elected Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey Republican

Incumbent Commissioner Mike Causey, a Republican, ran for a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Wayne Goodwin, chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party and former State Insurance Commissioner (2009–2017)^[38]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mike Causey, incumbent State Insurance Commissioner
• Ronald Pierce, candidate for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in 2016^[6]

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Causey (incumbent)	448,066	64.6
	Republican	Ronald Pierce	245,851	35.4
Total votes			693,917	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Mike Causey (R)	Wayne Goodwin (D)	Undecided
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)[10]	July 22–24, 2020	735 (LV)	± 3.6%	45%	37%	8%
Cardinal Point Analytics (R)[10]	July 13–15, 2020	547 (LV)	± 4.2%	41%	39%	20%

Results

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Causey (incumbent)	2,775,488	51.76%	+1.36%
	Democratic	Wayne Goodwin	2,586,464	48.24%	−1.36%
Total votes			5,361,952	100.0%
	Republican hold

Aftermath

The Council of State was sworn in on January 9, 2021.^[39]

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Did/would not vote with 3%
3. Would/did not vote with 3%
4. Would not vote with 1%
5. "Some other candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 2%

See also

• 2020 North Carolina judicial elections
• 2020 North Carolina elections

References

1. "Article III". North Carolina Constitution. State of North Carolina. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
2. State Board of Elections: General Election results for Council of State. Accessed Nov. 14, 2020.
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External links

• NC State Board of Elections
• NC State Board of Elections: Council of State Primary Election Results
• NC State Board of Elections: General Election results for Council of State
• 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 for Secretary of State

• Elaine Marshall (D) for Secretary of State
• E.C. Sykes (R) for Secretary of State

Official campaign websites for Auditor

• Tony Street (R) for Auditor
• Beth Wood (D) for Auditor

Official campaign websites for Treasurer

• Ronnie Chatterji (D) for Treasurer
• Dale Folwell (R) for Treasurer

Official campaign websites for Superintendent

• Jen Mangrum (D) for Superintendent
• Catherine Truitt (R) for Superintendent

Official campaign websites for Ag Commissioner

• Steve Troxler (R) for Ag Commissioner
• Jenna Wadsworth (D) for Ag Commissioner

Official campaign websites for Labor Commissioner

• Josh Dobson (R) for Labor Commissioner
• Jessica Holmes (D) for Labor Commissioner

Official campaign websites for Insurance Commissioner

• Mike Causey (R) for Insurance Commissioner
• Wayne Goodwin (D) for Insurance Commissioner