North Carolina Post-Election Newsletter

11.05.2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Election Analysis
Election Outcomes
- U.S. Senate – North Carolina
- U.S. House of Representatives – North Carolina
- North Carolina Senate
- North Carolina House of Representatives
- North Carolina Supreme Court
- North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
- Mecklenburg County Sales and Use Tax Referendum
- Charlotte City Bond Referenda
- Wake Board of County Commissioners

ELECTION ANALYSIS

U.S. Senate

North Carolina voters cast 2.7 million ballots in yesterday’s election, setting a record for turnout in a midterm year. At the top of the ticket, Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis defeated incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Kay Hagan in the nation’s most expensive Senate contest, exceeding $100 million. Tillis’s victory helped secure a Republican majority in the United States Senate for the first time since 2007. In what many political observers are calling a wave, Republicans added at least seven Senate seats, with three races still outstanding in Alaska, Louisiana and Virginia.

U.S. House

North Carolina’s congressional delegation will remain Republican dominated, with the GOP adding the 7^th District to hold 10 seats to Democrats’ three. Nationally Republicans picked up seats to expand their control of the U.S. House to at least 246 seats, their largest majority since World War II.

North Carolina General Assembly

In the state Senate, Republicans gained one seat and expanded the Republican supermajority to a total of 34 seats, leaving Democrats with 16. In one of the closely watched contests, incumbent Senator Gene McLaurin (D-Richmond) lost to Ellerbe business owner Tom McInnis. McInnis received 50.42 percent of the final votes cast while McLaurin received 47.09 percent. The Libertarian candidate, P.H. Dawkins, received 2.49 percent.

Republican John Alexander leads Tom Bradshaw by less than one percent for District 15, an open seat in Wake County due to Senator Neal Hunt’s retirement. Democratic challenger and former Raleigh Mayor Tom Bradshaw may call for a recount.

In the state House, Republicans still hold a significant 74 to 46 majority, but Democrats knocked off several influential Republican lawmakers to make for a net GOP loss of three seats. Republicans lost two seats around the Asheville area, one in Wake County and one in Lee County. Republicans picked up District 2, which represents Granville and Person Counties. This was an open seat since Representative Winkie Wilkins (D-Granville, Person) is retiring.

Democrat Cary Town Council member Gale Adcock defeated incumbent Representative Tom Murry (R-Wake). Murry served two terms and was the Chairman of the House Commerce and Job Development Committee.

In the western part of the state, Representative Tim Moffitt (R-Buncombe), was defeated by Democrat Brian Turner. Moffitt served two terms and served as the Chairman of the House Regulatory Reform Committee.

Republican incumbent Nathan Ramsey (R-Buncombe) lost to Democrat John Ager, and Democrat Brad Salmon defeated Representative Mike Stone (R-Lee) of Sanford.

Republican Gary Pendleton narrowly defeated Democrat Kim Hanchette in the race for District 49. Pendleton was appointed earlier this year to fill the seat for the late Representative Jim Fulghum.

Overall, Republicans continue to hold supermajorities in both the Senate and House, giving them the votes needed to override a veto by the governor.

Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners

Democrats maintained control of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, with at-large victories by incumbent Pat Cotham, the largest vote-getter, followed by former Charlotte City Council member Ella Scarborough and incumbent Trevor Fuller. Democrat incumbents Dumont Clarke, Vilma Leake and George Dunlap faced no opposition. Republicans incumbents Matthew Ridenhour and Bill James held their seats, and Republican Jim Puckett won an open seat race.

Wake Board of County Commissioners

Democrats swept the four seats up for election on the Wake Board of County Commissioners and will now hold all seven seats on the board. The new board members include Sig Hutchinson, Matt Calabria, Jessica Holmes and John Burns. Each newly elected board member won by at least nine percentage points, and it is the first time Democrats have held the majority since 2010. Calabria said the board will focus on making investments in education and public transportation in the future. Democrats will have the ability to keep the board under their control until 2018 since only three seats will be up for election in 2016.

North Carolina Judicial Races

Four of the seven seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court were up for election this year. Mark Martin won his race for Supreme Court Chief Justice with more than 70 percent of the vote against Ola Lewis. In Associate Justice contests, Sam Ervin IV defeated Bob Hunter, and Robin Hudson defeated Eric Levinson. Both Ervin and Hudson won by more than 52 percent. Cheri Beasley leads Mike Robinson for the final Associate Justice seat by less than one half of one percentage point, so a recount could be called.

Mark Davis, Lucy Inman and John Tyson won competitive races for seats on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Davis and Inman each received a majority of the votes in their respective races. Tyson received over 23 percent of the vote in a race that featured 19 candidates. In the final Court of Appeals race, Donna Stroud ran unopposed and retained her seat.

ELECTION OUTCOMES

	CANDIDATE	%		CANDIDATE	%
	U.S. Senate -- North Carolina
	*Kay Hagan- D	47.2
→	Thom Tillis- R	48.88
	Sean Haugh- L	3.74
	U.S. House of Representatives -- North Carolina
	District 1			District 2
→	*G.K. Butterfield- D	73.36		Clay Aiken- D	41.15
	Arthur Rich- R	26.64	→	*Renee Ellmers- R	58.85
	District 3			District 4
	Marshall Adame- D	32.15	→	*David Price- D	74.74
→	*Walter Jones- R	67.85		Paul Wright- R	25.26
	District 5			District 6
	Josh Brannon- D	38.96		Laura Fjeld- D	41.33
→	*Virginia Foxx- R	61.04	→	Mark Walker- R	58.67
	District 7			District 8
	Jonathan Barfield- D	37.08		Antonio Blue- D	35.11
→	David Rouzer- R	59.39	→	*Richard Hudson- R	64.89
	Wesley Casteen- L	3.46		District 10
	District 9			Tate MacQueen- D	38.98
→	*Robert Pittenger- R	93.92	→	*Patrick McHenry- R	61.02
	No opposition			District 12
	District 11		→	Alma Adams- D	75.41
	Tom Hill- D	37.07		Vince Coakley- R	24.59
→	*Mark Meadows- R	62.93
	District 13
	Brenda Cleary- D	42.68
→	*George Holding- R	57.32
	North Carolina Senate
	NC Senate 1			NC Senate 2
	Stan White- D	46.58		Carr Ipock- D	39.57
→	*Bill Cook- R	53.42	→	*Norm Sanderson- R	60.43
	NC Senate 3			NC Senate 4
→	Erica Smith-Ingram- D	100	→	*Angela Bryant- D	65.67
	No opposition			Richard Scott- R	34.33
	NC Senate 5			NC Senate 6
→	*Don Davis- D	100	→	*Harry Brown- R	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	NC Senate 7			NC Senate 8
	Erik Anderson- D	30.96		Ernie Ward- D	42.96
→	*Louis Pate- R	69.04	→	*Bill Rabon- R	57.04
	NC Senate 9			NC Senate 10
	Elizabeth Redenbaugh- D	44.65		Donald Rains- D	37.51
→	Michael Lee- R	55.35	→	*Brent Jackson- R	62.49
	NC Senate 11			NC Senate 12
→	*Buck Newton- R	100		Joe Langley- D	44.05
	No opposition		→	*Ronald Rabin- R	55.95
	NC Senate 13			NC Senate 14
→	Jane Smith- D	62.74	→	*Dan Blue- D	100
	Bernard White- R	37.26		No opposition
	NC Senate 15			NC Senate 16
	Tom Bradshaw- D	49.56	→	*Josh Stein- D	67.14
→	John Alexander, Jr.- R	50.44		Molotov Mitchell- R	32.86
	NC Senate 17			NC Senate 18
	Bryan Fulghum- D	41.58		Sarah Crawford- D	47.12
→	*Tamara Barringer- R	58.42	→	*Chad Barefoot- R	52.88
	NC Senate 19			NC Senate 20
	Billy Richardson- D	45.55	→	*Floyd McKissick- D	100
→	*Wesley Meredith- R	54.45		No opposition
	NC Senate 21			NC Senate 22
→	*Ben Clark- D	100	→	*Mike Woodard- D	67.07
	No opposition			Herman Joubert- R	32.93
	NC Senate 23			NC Senate 24
→	*Valerie Foushee- D	68.17	→	*Rick Gunn- R	100
	Mary Lopez-Carter- R	31.83		No opposition
	NC Senate 25			NC Senate 26
	*Gene McLaurin- D	47.09		William Osborne- D	40.85
→	Tom McInnis- R	50.42	→	*Phil Berger- R	59.15
	P.H. Dawkins- L	2.49		NC Senate 28
	NC Senate 27		→	*Gladys Robinson- D	100
→	*Trudy Wade- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC Senate 30
	NC Senate 29			Eva Ingle- D	28.94
	Tommy Davis- D	29.12	→	*Shirley Randleman- R	71.06
→	*Jerry Tillman- R	70.88		NC Senate 32
	NC Senate 31		→	*Earline Parmon- D	100
	John Motsinger- D	35.14		No opposition
→	*Joyce Krawiec- R	64.86		NC Senate 34
	NC Senate 33			Connie Johnson- D	33.96
→	*Stan Bingham- R	100	→	*Andrew Brock- R	66.04
	No opposition			NC Senate 36
	NC Senate 35		→	*Fletcher Hartsell- R	100
→	*Tommy Tucker- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC Senate 38
	NC Senate 37		→	*Joel Ford- D	79.72
→	*Jeff Jackson- D	100		Richard Rivette- R	20.28
	No opposition			NC Senate 40
	NC Senate 39		→	Joyce Waddell- D	100
→	*Bob Rucho- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC Senate 42
	NC Senate 41		→	Andy Wells- R	59.5
	Latrice McRae- D	39.53		Pat Hensley- U	40.5
→	*Jeff Tarte- R	60.47		NC Senate 44
	NC Senate 43		→	*David Curtis- R	100
→	*Kathy Harrington- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC Senate 46
	NC Senate 45			Emily Church- D	41.21
	Jim Sponenberg- D	39.73	→	*Warren Daniel- R	58.79
→	*Dan Soucek- R	60.27		NC Senate 48
	NC Senate 47			Rick Wood- D	42.59
→	*Ralph Hise- R	100	→	*Tom Apodaca- R	57.41
	No opposition			NC Senate 50
	NC Senate 49			Jane Hipps- D	46.12
→	*Terry Van Duyn- D	61.27	→	*Jim Davis- R	53.88
	Mark Crawford- R	38.73
	North Carolina House of Representatives
	NC House 1			NC House 2
	Garry Meiggs- D	39.12		Ray Jeffers- D	43.33
→	*Bob Steinburg- R	60.88	→	Larry Yarborough- R	56.67
	NC House 3			NC House 4
	Whit Whitley- D	41.94	→	*Jimmy Dixon- R	100
→	*Michael Speciale- R	58.06		No opposition
	NC House 5			NC House 6
→	Howard Hunter III- D	68.52	→	*Paul Tine- D	53.59
	Sidney Pierce- R	31.48		Mattie Lawson- R	46.41
	NC House 7			NC House 8
→	*Bobbie Richardson- D	100		Bobi Gregory- D	39.22
	No opposition		→	*Susan Martin-R	60.78
	NC House 9			NC House 10
	Uriah Ward- D	39.78	→	John Bell- R	100
→	*Brian Brown- R	60.22		No opposition
	NC House 11			NC House 12
→	*Duane Hall- D	61.57	→	*George Graham-D	100
	Ray Martin- R	38.43		No opposition
	NC House 13			NC House 14
	Jim Nolan- D	30.26	→	*George Cleveland- R	100
→	*Pat McElraft- R	69.74		No opposition
	NC House 15			NC House 16
→	*Phil Shepard- R	100		Steve Unger- D	33.54
	No opposition		→	*Chris Millis- R	66.46
	NC House 17			NC House 18
	Charles Warren- D	32.82	→	*Susi Hamilton- D	100
→	*Frank Iler- R	67.18		No opposition
	NC House 19			NC House 20
→	*Ted Davis- R	100		Betsy Jordan- D	37.82
	No opposition		→	*Rick Catlin - R	62.18
	NC House 21			NC House 22
→	*Larry Bell- D	100	→	*William Brisson- D	52
	No opposition			Ken Smith- R	48
	NC House 23			NC House 24
→	Shelly Willingham- D	100	→	*J. Farmer-Butterfield-D	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	NC House 25			NC House 26
	Charles Johnson- D	31.94	→	*Leo Daughtry- R	100
→	*Jeff Collins- R	68.06		No opposition
	NC House 27			NC House 28
→	*Michael Wray- D	100	→	*JH Langdon- R	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	NC House 29			NC House 30
→	*Larry Hall- D	100	→	*Paul Luebke- D	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	NC House 31			NC House 32
→	*Mickey Michaux-D	88.17	→	Nathan Baskerville-D	100
	Todd Conrad	11.83		No opposition
	NC House 33			NC House 34
→	*Rosa Gill- D	87.33	→	*Grier Martin- D	100
	Perry Whitlock	12.67		No opposition
	NC House 35			NC House 36
	Brian Mountcastle- D	43.69		Lisa Baker- D	45.64
→	*Chris Malone- R	56.31	→	*Nelson Dollar- R	54.36
	NC House 37			NC House 38
→	*Paul Stam- R	100	→	*Yvonne Holley- D	79.84
	No opposition			Joe Thompson- R	20.16
	NC House 39			NC House 40
→	*D. Jackson- D	100		Margaret Broadwell- D	45.64
	No opposition		→	*Marilyn Avila- R	54.36
	NC House 41			NC House 42
→	Gale Adcock- D	51.33	→	*Marvin Lucas- D	100
	*Tom Murry- R	48.67		No opposition
	NC House 43			NC House 44
→	*Elmer Floyd- D	100	→	*Rick Glazier- D	52.47
	No opposition			Richard Button- R	47.53
	NC House 45			NC House 46
→	*John Szoka- R	100	→	*Kenneth Waddell- D	53.39
	No opposition			Brenden Jones- R	46.61
	NC House 47			NC House 48
→	*Charles Graham- D	100	→	*Garland Pierce- D	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	NC House 49			NC House 50
	Kim Hanchette- D	48.41	→	*Graig Meyer- D	57.13
→	Gary Pendleton- R	51.59		Rod Chaney- R	42.87
	NC House 51			NC House 52
→	Brad Salmon	54.01	→	*Jamie Boles- R	100
	*Mike Stone- R	45.99		No opposition
	NC House 53			NC House 54
	Susan Byerly- D	44.26	→	*Robert Reives II- D	56.19
→	*David Lewis- R	55.74		Andy Wilkie- R	43.81
	NC House 55			NC House 56
	Kim Hargett- D	41.06	→	*Verla Insko- D	81.17
→	*Mark Brody- R	58.94		Dave Carter- R	18.83
	NC House 57			NC House 58
→	*Pricey Harrison- D	100	→	Ralph Johnson- D	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	NC House 59			NC House 60
	Scott Jones- D	36.3	→	Cecil Brockman- D	100
→	*Jon Haridster- R	60.19		No opposition
	Paul Meinhart- L	3.51		NC House 62
	NC House 61			Sal Leone- D	37.95
	Ron Weatherford- D	32.86	→	John Blust- R	62.05
→	*John Faircloth- R	67.14		NC House 64
	NC House 63		→	Dennis Riddell- R	100
	Ian Blatutis- D	42.98		No opposition
→	*Steve Ross- R	57.02		NC House 66
	NC House 65		→	*Ken Goodman- D	100
	Elretha Perkins- D	34.73		No opposition
→	*Bert Jones- R	65.27		NC House 68
	NC House 67		→	*Craig Horn- R	100
	Nalin Mehta-D	40.73		No opposition
→	*Justin Burr- R	59.27		NC House 70
	NC house 69		→	*Pat Hurley- R	100
→	*Dean Arp- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC House 72
	NC House 71		→	Ed Hanes- D	100
→	*Evelyn Terry- D	76.55		No opposition
	Kris McCann- R	23.45		NC House 74
	NC House 73			Mary Dickinson- D	36.86
→	Lee Zachary- R	100	→	*Debra Conrad- R	63.14
	No opposition			NC House 76
	NC House 75		→	*Carl Ford- R	100
	David Gordon- D	37.24		No opposition
→	*Donny Lambeth-R	62.76		NC House 78
	NC House 77		→	*Allen McNeill- R	100
→	*Harry Warren- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC House 80
	NC House 79		→	Sam Watford- R	100
	Cristina Vazquez- D	29.72		No opposition
→	*Julia Howard- R	70.28		NC House 82
	NC House 81			Earle Schecter	40.53
→	*Rayne Brown- R	100	→	*Larry Pittman- R	59.47
	No opposition			NC House 84
	NC House 83			Gene Mahaffey	30.4
→	*Linda Johnson- R	100	→	*Rena Turner- R	69.6
	No opposition			NC House 86
	NC House 85			Jim Cates- D	36
	JR Edwards- D	25.09	→	*Hugh Blackwell- R	64
→	*Josh Dobson- R	74.91		NC House 88
	NC House 87			Margie Storch- D	44.61
→	*Edgar Starnes- R	100	→	*Rob Bryan- R	55.39
	No opposition			NC House 90
	NC House 89			John Wiles- D	31.74
→	*Mitchell Setzer- R	100	→	*Sarah Stevens-R	68.26
	No opposition			NC House 92
	NC House 91			Robin Bradford-D	47.45
→	*Brian Holloway- R	100	→	*Charles Jeter- R	52.55
	No opposition			NC House 94
	NC House 93		→	*Jeffrey Elmore- R	100
	Sue Counts- D	46.67		No opposition
→	*Jonathan Jordan-R	53.33		NC House 96
	NC House 95			Cliff Moone- D	32.76
→	John Fraley- R	100	→	Jay Adams- R	67.24
	No opposition			NC House 98
	NC House 97			Natasha Marcus- D	45.03
	Rosemary Hubbard- D	29.35	→	John Bradford- R	54.97
→	*Jason Saine- R	70.65		NC House 100
	NC House 99		→	*Tricia Cotham- D	100
→	*Rodney Moore- D	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC House 102
	NC House 101		→	*Becky Carney- D	100
→	*Beverly Earle- D	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC House 104
	NC House 103		→	Dan Bishop- R	74.77
→	*Bill Brawley- R	100		Eric Cable- L	25.23
	No opposition			NC House 106
	NC House 105		→	*Carla Cunningham- D	86.62
→	*Jacqueline Schaffer-R	100		Trey Lowe- R	13.38
	No opposition			NC House 108
	NC House 107		→	*John Torbett-R	100
→	*Kelly Alexander-D	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC House 110
	NC House 109		→	*Kelly Hastings- R	100
→	*Dana Bumgardner- R	100		No opposition
	No opposition			NC House 112
	NC House 111			Lisa Bralley- D	41.45
→	*Tim Moore- R	100	→	*Mike Hager- R	58.55
	No opposition			NC House 114
	NC House 113		→	*Susan Fisher- D	100
	Norm Bossert- D	36.75		No opposition
→	*Chris Whitmire- R	63.25		NC House 116
	NC House 115		→	Brian Turner- D	51.89
→	John Ager- D	50.81		*Tim Moffitt- R	48.11
	*Nathan Ramsey- R	49.19		NC House 118
	NC House 117			Dean Hicks- D	48.65
→	*Chuck McGrady- R	74.75	→	*Michele Presnell- R	51.35
	Shelby Mood- L	25.25		NC House 120
	NC House 119		→	*Roger West- R	100
→	*Joe Sam Queen- D	52.52		No opposition
	Mike Clampitt- R	47.48
	North Carolina Supreme Court
	Chief Justice			Associate Justice
→	Mark Martin	72.28	→	Sam J. Ervin, Jr.	52.58
	Ola Lewis	27.72		Robert Hunter, Jr.	47.42
	Associate Justice			Associate Justice
→	Robin Hudson	52.43	→	Cheri Beasley	50.07
	Eric Levinson	47.57		Mike Robinson	49.93
	North Carolina Court of Appeals
	MartinSeat (top three vote getters)			Davis Seat
→	John M. Tyson	23.87	→	Mark Davis	58.75
	John S. Arrowood	14.4		Paul Holcombe	41.25
	Keischa Lovelace	9.61		StroudSeat
	HunterSeat		→	Donna Stroud	100
→	Lucy Inman	51.89
	Bill Southern	48.11
	Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
	At Large			District 3
	Scott Carlisle- R	16.55	→	*George Dunlap- D	100
	Emily Zuyus- R	17.96		No opposition
→	*Patricia (Pat) Cotham- D	24.03		District 4
→	*Trevor M. Fuller- D	20.4	→	*Dumont Clarke- D	100
→	Ella B. Scarborough- D	21.06		No opposition
	District 1			District 5
→	Jim Puckett- R	54.87	→	*Matthew Ridenhour- R	64.46
	Leonard Richardson- D	45.13		Art Cardenas- D	35.54
	District 2			District 6
→	*Vilma Leake- D	100	→	*Bill James- R	100
	No opposition			No opposition
	Mecklenburg County Sales and Use Tax
→	Against	61.24
	For	38.76
	Charlotte City Bonds
	Public Improvement Bonds			Neighborhood Improvement Bonds
→	Yes	70.18	→	Yes	71.08
	No	29.82		No	28.92
	Housing Bonds
→	Yes	63.59
	No	36.41
	Wake Board of County Commissioners
	District 1			District 3
	Joe Bryan- R	45.26		Rich Gianni- R	43.66
→	Sig Hutchinson- D	54.74	→	Jessica Holmes- D	56.34
	District 2			District 7
	Philip (Phil) Matthews- R	43.62		Paul Y. Coble- R	45.5
→	Matt Calabria- D	56.38	→	John Burns- D	54.5

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