2020 North Carolina elections


A general election was held in the U.S. state of North Carolina on November 3, 2020.
To vote by mail, registered North Carolina voters had to request a ballot by October 27, 2020. As of early October, some 1,268,014 voters had requested mail ballots.

Federal offices

President of the United States

North Carolina has 15 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Nominees for the presidential election included Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Jo Jorgensen, with incumbent president Trump winning the state's electors.

United States Senate

Thom Tillis, Cal Cunningham, Kevin E. Hayes, and Shannon Bray ran for office in the general election of North Carolina, with incumbent Tillis winning a second term.

United States House of Representatives

North Carolina voted for 13 U.S. Representatives, one from each of the state's 13 congressional districts.
DistrictDemocratic nomineeRepublican nomineeIndependent nomineeLibertarian nomineeConstitution nomineeGreen nominee
District 1G. K. Butterfield, incumbentSandy Smith
District 2Deborah RossAlan SwainJeff Matemu
District 3Daryl FarrowGregory Murphy, incumbent
District 4David Price, incumbentRobert Thomas
District 5David Wilson BrownVirginia Foxx, incumbentJeff Gregory
District 6Kathy ManningJoseph Lee Haywood
District 7Christopher WardDavid Rouzer, incumbentTheresa Everett
District 8Patricia Timmons-GoodsonRichard Hudson, incumbent
District 9Cynthia WallaceDan Bishop, incumbent
District 10David ParkerPatrick T. McHenry, incumbent
District 11Morris DavisMadison CawthornTracey DeBruhlTamara Zwinak
District 12Alma Adams, incumbent
District 13Scott HuffmanTed Budd, incumbent

State offices

Executive offices

North Carolina is one of 11 states that held elections for governor in the 2020 general election. Roy Cooper ran against Dan Forest, Al Pisano, and Steven DiFiore II, and won a second term.
Other executive offices up for election in the general election included lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, auditor, commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of labor, and commissioner of insurance.

Legislature

The outcome of this election affected partisan balance during post-census redistricting.

State senate

All 50 seats within the North Carolina Senate were up for election in the general election, with the Democrats making a net gain of one.

State House of Representatives

All 120 seats within the state's House of Representatives were up for election in the general election, with the Republicans making a four-seat net gain but still falling short of a "veto-proof" 3/5 supermajority.

North Carolina ballot measures

There were no statewide ballot measures on the ballot in the general election; however, there were local measures for voters in Guilford County, Mecklenburg County, and Wake County.