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The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2012 were held November 6, 2012 to select the nine officers of the North Carolina Council of State. This election coincided with the U.S. presidential election, U.S. House elections, the gubernatorial election and the statewide judicial elections. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2012; for races in which no candidate received 40 percent of the vote in the primary, runoff elections (officially known as "second" primaries) were held on July 17.
Contents
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- Democratic primary
- Republican primary
- Primary results
- References
The nine members of the North Carolina Council of State are statewide-elected officers serving four-year terms. In the 2012 elections, all incumbents who ran for new terms were re-elected, while the Lieutenant Governor's seat was open following incumbent Walter Dalton's decision to run for Governor. The partisan makeup of the Council of State changed from 7 Democrats (8 including the Governor) and 2 Republicans before the election to 6 Democrats and 3 Republicans (4 including the Governor) afterward.
Governor
Republican Pat McCrory was elected Governor.
Lieutenant Governor
Republican Dan Forest was elected Lieutenant Governor.
Attorney General
Roy Cooper, the Democratic incumbent Attorney General, ran for re-election unopposed.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Primary results
As no candidate received 40 percent of the vote, state law allows the runner-up to request a second primary (or "runoff"). Gardner requested a runoff.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Primary results
As the runner-up, Dority chose not to request a runoff, making Goldman the nominee.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Primary results
As the runner-up, Alexander requested a runoff.
Republican primary
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Democratic primary
Primary results
As the runner-up, Foster requested a runoff.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Primary results
As the runner-up, Causey requested a runoff. Of all the statewide runoffs held on July 17, the Republican primary for Insurance Commissioner was the only one in which the top vote-getter changed from the first to the second primary.