2014 North Carolina's 12th congressional district special election

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2014 North Carolina's 12th congressional district special election
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North Carolina's 12th congressional district
  Alma Adams.jpg Vince Coakley 2.jpg
Nominee Alma Adams Vince Coakley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote127,66841,578
Percentage75.4%24.6%
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County results
U.S. Representative before election

Mel Watt
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Alma Adams
Democratic

A special election for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina's 12th congressional district was held on November 4, 2014, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Rep. Mel Watt following his appointment to head the Federal Housing Administration.

Contents

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory chose to hold the election concurrently with the regular 2014 general elections, [1] rather than hold a separate special election at an earlier date to fill the vacancy. Party primary elections for the seat would be held May 6. Primary runoffs, if needed, were scheduled for July 15 but proved unnecessary, because the only primary winner won more than 40 percent of the vote. According to politician Gerry Cohen, the primary was the first special primary election in North Carolina history, because in previous special elections, committees or conventions of party leaders selected their nominees. [2]

The winner of the special election would serve through the remaining months of the 113th Congress, while the winner of the regular general election being held the same day would serve in the 114th Congress. [3] This is essentially the same procedure used in North Carolina in 1992 to fill the vacancy in the First Congressional District (other than the addition of a primary election). Because Watt resigned in January and the winner of the special election was not seated until after the November election result is official, the district was without a representative for more than 11 months.

Background

Democratic Congressman Mel Watt was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 2013, to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. [4] He resigned from Congress on January 6, 2014, the day he took office as director of FHFA. [5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Alma
Adams		George
Battle		Marcus
Brandon		Malcolm
Graham		James
Mitchell		Curtis
Osborne		Rajive
Patel		Undecided
Hamilton (D-Adams) [10] February 28 – March 4, 2014500± 4.4%26%9%4%19%9%3%1%29%

Results

Democratic primary election results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alma Adams 14,967 44.2
Democratic Malcolm Graham7,49522.1
Democratic George Battle III4,43113.1
Democratic Marcus Brandon2,9848.8
Democratic James "Smuggie" Mitchell, Jr.2,0346.0
Democratic Curtis C. Osborne1,9395.7
Total votes33,850 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Vince Coakley, former TV news anchor [12]

Endorsements

Vince Coakley
  • LibertyConservatives.com [13]

General election

Results

North Carolina's 12th congressional district, 2014 (special) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Alma Adams 127,668 75.43% −4.20%
Republican Vince Coakley41,57824.57%+4.20%
Total votes'169,246''100.0%'N/A
Democratic hold

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  2. ↑ "Charlotte Observer: Special House election for Watt seat to overlap regular schedule". Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ WRAL.com
  4. ↑ Ed O'Keefe and Paul Kane (December 10, 2013). "Senate confirms Patricia Millett, Mel Watt using new majority rules". The Washington Post .
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  8. ↑ Jen Wilson (April 15, 2014). "James Mitchell drops bid for congressional seat". Charlotte Business Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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  10. ↑ Hamilton (D-Adams)
  11. ↑ NC State Board of Elections website
  12. ↑ Morrill, Jim (January 28, 2014). "Ex-anchor Vince Coakley enters congressional race". The Charlotte Observer . Archived from the original on January 30, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
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  14. ↑ "NC SBE Contest Results".
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