2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election

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2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election
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Nominee Roy Cooper Dan Forest
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,834,7902,586,605
Percentage51.52%47.01%

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2020 North Carolina Gubernatorial election by congressional district.svg
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Cooper:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Forest:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%

Governor before election

Roy Cooper
Democratic

Elected Governor

Roy Cooper
Democratic

The 2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to one-third of the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor Roy Cooper was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, and announced his intention to do so on December 5, 2019. [1]

Contents

Under a 2018 state law, party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020. [2]

Cooper was re-elected to a second term, defeating the Republican nominee, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest. Cooper's re-election win makes him the first Governor of North Carolina to win re-election since fellow Democrat Mike Easley in 2004. Once again, Cooper outperformed other Democrats on the ballot. With a margin of 4.51%, this election was the second closest of the 2020 gubernatorial election cycle, the closest being the election in Puerto Rico.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper
Ernest
Reeves
Undecided
High Point University Archived 2020-03-02 at the Wayback Machine February 21–28, 2020269 (LV)74%13%13%
468 (RV)68%14%18%
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV February 13–16, 2020698 (LV)± 4.9%73%9%18%
High Point University Archived 2020-02-12 at the Wayback Machine January 31 – February 6, 2020198 (LV)80%8%12%
400 (RV)69%10%21%

Results

Results by county:
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Cooper-->90%
Cooper--80-90%
Cooper--70-80% North Carolina Governor Democratic Primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
  Cooper—>90%
  Cooper—80–90%
  Cooper—70–80%
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roy Cooper (incumbent) 1,128,829 87.19%
Democratic Ernest T. Reeves165,80412.81%
Total votes1,294,633 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Dan Forest
Executive branch officials
U.S. Representatives
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Dan
Forest
Holly
Grange
Pat
McCrory
Undecided
High Point University Archived 2020-03-02 at the Wayback Machine February 21–28, 2020246 (LV)74%13%13%
443 (RV)64%12%24%
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV February 13–16, 2020698 (LV)± 5.0%60%8%32%
High Point University Archived 2020-02-12 at the Wayback Machine January 31 – February 6, 2020198 (LV)67%8%25%
400 (RV)54%10%36%
December 19, 2019McCrory announces he will not run
Harper Polling (R) December 2–4, 2019500 (LV)± 4.38%31%3%42%25%

Results

Results by county:
Forest-->90%
Forest--80-90%
Forest--70-80% North Carolina Governor Republican Primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
  Forest—>90%
  Forest—80–90%
  Forest—70–80%
Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Forest 698,077 88.95%
Republican Holly Grange 86,71411.05%
Total votes784,791 100.00%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Constitution Party

Nominee

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [13] Likely DOctober 23, 2020
Inside Elections [14] Lean DOctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Likely DNovember 2, 2020
Politico [16] Lean DNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [17] Likely DOctober 28, 2020
RCP [18] Lean DNovember 2, 2020
270towin [19] Likely DNovember 2, 2020

Endorsements

Roy Cooper (D)
U.S. presidents
State and local officials
Organizations
Newspapers
Dan Forest (R)
U.S. presidents
U.S. executive branch officials
Organizations

Debates

A debate between Cooper and Forest occurred 7:00 pm EDT, October 14, 2020. [25]

DatesLocationCooperForestLink
October 14, 2020 Raleigh, North Carolina ParticipantParticipant Full debate - C-SPAN

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper (D)
Dan
Forest (R)
Other /
Undecided
Swayable Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine October 27 – November 1, 2020655 (LV)± 5.5%55%43%2% [lower-alpha 2]
Frederick Polls (D) [upper-alpha 1] October 30–31, 2020676 (LV)± 3.7%52%45%3% [lower-alpha 3]
Emerson College October 29–31, 2020855 (LV)± 3.3%55% [lower-alpha 4] 45%1% [lower-alpha 5]
CNN/SSRS Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine October 23–30, 2020901 (LV)± 4%52%42%5% [lower-alpha 6]
East Carolina University October 27–28, 20201,103 (LV)± 3.4%54% [lower-alpha 7] 43%2% [lower-alpha 8]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) October 27–28, 2020750 (LV)± 3.6%47%45%8% [lower-alpha 9]
Marist College/NBC October 25–28, 2020800 (LV)± 4.7%59%40%1% [lower-alpha 10]
Gravis Marketing October 26–27, 2020614 (LV)± 4%51%43%6% [lower-alpha 11]
Meeting Street Insights (R) Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine October 24–27, 2020600 (LV)± 4%51%43%
Siena College/NYT Upshot October 23–27, 20201,034 (LV)± 3.4%51%42%7% [lower-alpha 12]
RMG Research Archived October 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine October 24–26, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%53%41%6% [lower-alpha 13]
Swayable October 23–26, 2020386 (LV)± 6.9%53%44%3% [lower-alpha 14]
SurveyUSA/WRAL-TV October 23–26, 2020627 (LV)± 4.9%53%42%6% [lower-alpha 15]
YouGov/UMass Amherst October 20–26, 2020911 (LV)± 4.2%54%42%3% [lower-alpha 16]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) Archived October 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine October 22–25, 2020504 (LV)± 4.4%52%42%5% [lower-alpha 17]
Meredith College October 16–19, 2020732 (LV)± 3.5%52%34%16% [lower-alpha 18]
East Carolina University October 15–18, 20201,155 (LV)± 3.4%53%44%2% [lower-alpha 19]
Emerson College October 13–14, 2020721 (LV)± 3.6%50%46%4% [lower-alpha 20]
Civiqs/Daily Kos October 11–14, 20201,211 (LV)± 3.3%53%46%1% [lower-alpha 21]
Siena College/NYT Upshot October 9–13, 2020627 (LV)± 4.5%51%37%12% [lower-alpha 22]
Monmouth University October 8–11, 2020500 (RV)± 4.4%51%44%5% [lower-alpha 23]
500 (LV) [lower-alpha 24] 52%44%3% [lower-alpha 25]
500 (LV) [lower-alpha 26] 51%46%3% [lower-alpha 27]
SurveyUSA October 8–11, 2020669 (LV)± 4.8%52%39%10% [lower-alpha 28]
RMG Research Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine October 7–11, 2020800 (LV)51%37%12% [lower-alpha 29]
Public Policy Polling October 4–5, 2020911 (V)± 3.3%52%40%8% [lower-alpha 30]
East Carolina University October 2–4, 20201,232 (LV)± 3.2%53%40%7% [lower-alpha 31]
ALG Research (D) [upper-alpha 2] September 22–28, 2020822 (V)53%43%
YouGov/UMass Lowell September 18–25, 2020921 (LV)± 4.1%54%41%4% [lower-alpha 32]
Meredith College September 18–22, 2020705 (RV)± 3.5%50%39%11% [lower-alpha 33]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) September 17–20, 2020612 (LV)± 3.96%46%39%14% [lower-alpha 34]
Siena College/NYT Upshot September 11–16, 2020653 (LV)± 4.3%47%42%10% [lower-alpha 35]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies September 12–15, 20201,092 (LV)± 2.97%55%36%9% [lower-alpha 36]
Suffolk University September 10–14, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%50%38%12% [lower-alpha 37]
SurveyUSA September 10–13, 2020596 (LV)± 5.6%49%42%10% [lower-alpha 38]
CNN/SSRS September 9–13, 2020787 (LV)± 4.4%53%44%2% [lower-alpha 39]
893 (RV)± 4.1%53%42%5% [lower-alpha 40]
Kaiser Family Foundation/Cook Political Report August 29 – September 13, 20201,116 (RV)48%38%14% [lower-alpha 41]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies August 30 – September 3, 2020951 (LV)± 3.18%54%35%11% [lower-alpha 42]
Monmouth University August 29 – September 1, 2020401 (RV)± 4.9%51%40%8% [lower-alpha 43]
401 (LV) [lower-alpha 44] 51%42%7% [lower-alpha 45]
401 (LV) [lower-alpha 46] 51%42%7% [lower-alpha 47]
East Carolina University August 29–30, 20201,101 (LV)± 3.4%50%40%10% [lower-alpha 48]
Redfield and Wilton Strategies August 16–19, 2020967 (LV)± 3.2%51%38%11% [lower-alpha 49]
East Carolina University August 12–13, 20201,255 (RV)± 3.2%52%38%11% [lower-alpha 50]
Emerson College August 8–10, 2020673 (LV)± 3.8%50%44%7% [lower-alpha 51]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) August 6–10, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%49%39%13% [lower-alpha 52]
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 3] July 23–24, 2020884 (V)± 3.4%53%42%5% [lower-alpha 53]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) Archived 2020-07-30 at the Wayback Machine July 22–24, 2020735 (LV)± 3.6%46%46%8% [lower-alpha 54]
Redfield & Wilton Strategies July 19–23, 2020919 (LV)± 3.2%51%37%12% [lower-alpha 55]
Marist College/NBC News July 14–22, 2020882 (RV)± 4.0%58%38%4% [lower-alpha 56]
Cardinal Point Analytics (R) July 13–15, 2020547 (LV)± 4.2%49%46%5% [lower-alpha 57]
East Carolina University June 22–25, 20201,149 (RV)± 3.4%49%38%13% [lower-alpha 58]
Public Policy Polling June 22–23, 20201,157 (V)± 2.9%50%41%10% [lower-alpha 59]
NYT Upshot/Siena College June 8–18, 2020653 (RV)± 4.1%50%39%11% [lower-alpha 60]
Gravis Marketing (R) June 17, 2020631 (RV)± 3.9%46%46%8%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies June 14–17, 2020902 (LV)± 3.6%52%31%17% [lower-alpha 61]
Public Policy Polling June 2–3, 2020913± 3.2%50%39%11% [lower-alpha 62]
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) May 26–28, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%49%37%14% [lower-alpha 63]
Neighbourhood Research & Media May 12–21, 2020391 (LV)47%35%18%
Meeting Street Insights (R) Archived 2020-06-05 at the Wayback Machine May 9–13, 2020500 (RV)55%37%8%
East Carolina University May 7–9, 20201,111 (RV)± 3.4%51%36%13%
Civiqs/Daily Kos May 2–4, 20201,362 (RV)± 3.0%53%44%3%
Meredith College April 27–28, 2020604 (RV)± 4.0%52%32%16%
SurveyUSA April 23–26, 2020580 (LV)± 5.4%57%30%13% [lower-alpha 64]
Public Policy Polling April 20–21, 20201,275 (V)± 3.2%53%40%7%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) Archived April 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine April 13–18, 2020800 (LV)± 3.5%55%36%9%
Public Policy Polling April 14–15, 20201,318 (V)± 3.4%50%36%13%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine April 5–7, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%50%33%17%
East Carolina University February 27–28, 20201,288 (RV)± 3.2%49%41%10%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) Archived October 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine October 15–17, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%46%36%18%
Meredith College September 29 – October 7, 2019996 (RV)± 3.0%46%33%21%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) August 1–4, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%48%36%16%
Public Policy Polling June 17–18, 2019610 (RV)± 4.0%45%41%14%
Harper Polling (R) Archived June 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine June 8–10, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%47%37%16%
Emerson College Archived 2019-06-04 at the Wayback Machine May 31 – June 3, 2019932 (RV)± 3.1%52%38%10%
Spry Strategies (R) [upper-alpha 4] May 25 – June 1, 2019730 (LV)± 3.5%40%44%16%
Public Policy Polling January 4–7, 2019750 (RV)± 3.6%47%35%18%
Hypothetical polling
with Holly Grange
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper (D)
Holly
Grange (R)
Other /
Undecided
East Carolina University February 27–28, 20201,288 (RV)± 3.2%49%33%18%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) Archived October 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine October 15–17, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%46%27%27%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) August 1–4, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%48%30%22%
with Phil Berger
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper (D)
Phil
Berger (R)
Other /
Undecided
Public Policy Polling June 17–18, 2019610 (RV)± 4.0%46%39%16%
Public Policy Polling January 4–7, 2019750 (RV)± 3.6%48%34%18%
with Pat McCrory
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper (D)
Pat
McCrory (R)
Other /
Undecided
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) Archived October 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine October 15–17, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%44%38%18%
Harper Polling/Civitas (R) August 1–4, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%47%38%14%
Public Policy Polling January 4–7, 2019750 (RV)± 3.6%45%41%14%
with Tim Moore
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper (D)
Tim
Moore (R)
Other /
Undecided
Public Policy Polling June 17–18, 2019610 (RV)± 4.0%46%38%16%
Public Policy Polling January 4–7, 2019750 (RV)± 3.6%46%32%22%
with Thom Tillis
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Roy
Cooper (D)
Thom
Tillis (R)
Other /
Undecided
Public Policy Polling January 4–7, 2019750 (RV)± 3.6%46%37%17%

Results

2020 North Carolina gubernatorial election [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Roy Cooper (incumbent) 2,834,790 51.52% +2.50%
Republican Dan Forest 2,586,60547.01%−1.79%
Libertarian Steven J. DiFiore60,4491.10%−1.09%
Constitution Al Pisano20,9340.38%N/A
Total votes5,502,778 100.00% N/A
Turnout 5,545,84775.35%
Registered electors 7,359,798
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Despite winning a majority of the popular vote, Gov. Roy Cooper only won 5 of 13 congressional districts. [28]

DistrictForestCooperRepresentative
1st 42.6%56.4% G. K. Butterfield
2nd 31.4%67.0% Deborah K. Ross
3rd 58.5%40.0% Greg Murphy
4th 29.9%68.8% David Price
5th 63.5%35.2% Virginia Foxx
6th 34.2%64.2% Kathy Manning
7th 54.5%44.0% David Rouzer
8th 49.2%49.0% Richard Hudson
9th 50.3%48.4% Dan Bishop
10th 63.7%35.0% Patrick McHenry
11th 52.2%46.3% Madison Cawthorn
12th 27.0%71.0% Alma Adams
13th 62.9%35.9% Ted Budd

See also

Notes

Partisan clients
  1. Compete Everywhere primarily supports Democratic candidates
  2. Poll sponsored by Piedmont Rising, a pro-Affordable Care Act organization.
  3. This poll's sponsor, AFSCME, had endorsed Biden prior to the sampling period
  4. Poll sponsored by the North Carolina Republican Party
General
  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 0%
  3. DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%
  4. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
  5. "Someone else" with 1%
  6. DiFiore (L) with 3%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other" with 0%; "None of these" with no voters; Undecided with 1%
  7. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
  8. "Refused" and "Some other candidate" with 1%; Did/would not vote with 0%; Undecided with no voters
  9. DiFiore (L) with 3%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 4%
  10. "Other" with 0%; Undecided with 1%
  11. Undecided with 6%
  12. DiFiore (L), Pisano (C) and would not vote with 1%; "Someone else" with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 4%
  13. "Someone else" and Undecided with 3%
  14. DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%
  15. "Other" with 2%; Undecided with 4%
  16. "Another candidate" with 0%; Did not vote with no voters; Undecided with 3%
  17. DiFiore (L) with 1%; Pisano (C) with 0%; Undecided with 4%
  18. DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 13%
  19. "Some other candidate" and would/did not vote with 1%; "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 1%
  20. Undecided with 4%
  21. DiFiore (L) with 1%; Pisano (C), "Someone else" and Undecided with 0%
  22. DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 9%
  23. DiFiore (L) and "No one" with 1%; Pisano (C) with 0%; "Other candidate" with no voters; Undecided with 3%
  24. With a likely voter turnout model featuring high turnout
  25. "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 2%
  26. With a likely voter turnout model featuring low turnout
  27. "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 2%
  28. "Some other candidate" with 2%; Undecided with 8%
  29. DiFiore (L) with 3%; Undecided with 9%
  30. Undecided with 8%
  31. "Some other candidate" with 2%; would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 4%
  32. "Another candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 4%
  33. DiFiore (L) with 2%; Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 8%
  34. DiFiore (L) and Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 12%
  35. Pisano (C) with 2%; DiFiore (L) with 1%; "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
  36. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 7%
  37. DiFiore (L) with 5%; Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other" and "Refused" with 0%; Undecided with 6%
  38. "Another candidate" with 3%; Undecided with 7%
  39. DiFiore (L) with 1%; "None of these" and Pisano (C) with 0%; "Other" with no voters; Undecided with 1%
  40. DiFiore (L) with 2%; "None of these" with 1%; "Other" and Pisano (C) with 0%; Undecided with 2%
  41. "Neither/Another Party" with 1% "Undecided/Don't know/Refused" with 12%
  42. "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 9%
  43. DiFiore (L) with 3%; "No one" and Pisano (C) with 1%; "Other candidate" with 0%; Undecided with 3%
  44. With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
  45. "Other" with 5%; Undecided with 2%
  46. With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
  47. "Other" with 5%; Undecided with 2%
  48. "Some other candidate" with 2%; Would not vote with 0%; Undecided with 8%
  49. "Third party/write-in" with 2%; Undecided with 9%
  50. "Some other candidate" with 3%; would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 7%
  51. Undecided with 7%
  52. DiFiore (L) and Pisano (C) with 1%; Undecided with 11%
  53. Undecided with 5%
  54. Pisano (C) with 0.9%, DiFiore (L) with 0.7%; Undecided with 5.9%
  55. "Third party/write-in" with 1%; Undecided with 11%
  56. "Other" with 0%; Undecided with 4%
  57. Undecided with 3.7%; DiFore with 0.5%; Pisano with 0.4%
  58. Undecided with 8%; "Some other candidate" with 5%
  59. Undecided with 10%
  60. Undecided with 10%; "Another candidate" with 1%; would not vote with 0%
  61. Undecided with 14%; "Third party/write-in" with 3%
  62. Undecided with 11%
  63. Undecided with 13%; Pisano (C) with 1%; DiFiore (L) with 0%
  64. Undecided with 13%

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United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 3, 2020, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2016, except in New Hampshire and Vermont where governors only serve two-year terms. These two states elected their current governors in 2018. Nine state governors ran for reelection and all nine won, while Democrat Steve Bullock of Montana could not run again due to term limits and Republican Gary Herbert of Utah decided to retire at the end of his term.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Montana gubernatorial election</span> American election

The 2020 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the next governor of Montana, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives and various state and local elections. It resulted in voters selecting Greg Gianforte over Mike Cooney. Incumbent Democratic governor Steve Bullock was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term in office, and he ran unsuccessfully for Montana's Class II Senate seat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Washington gubernatorial election</span>

The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent governor Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits, initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers, he announced he would seek a third term as governor. Several other Democratic political figures considered entering the race if Inslee did not run, including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson; no other major Democratic candidates entered the race. Republican Loren Culp, the police chief of Republic, Washington, placed second in the top-two primary and advanced to the general election alongside Inslee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Missouri gubernatorial election</span> Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Missouri

The 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of Missouri, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Parson ran for and was elected to a full term in office. Parson was elected as lieutenant governor in 2016 but became governor on June 1, 2018, after incumbent Eric Greitens resigned under threat of impeachment by the state legislature. Parson declared his bid for a full term on September 8, 2019. State Auditor Nicole Galloway, Missouri's only Democratic statewide officer and only female statewide officer, was the Democratic nominee and if elected, would have become Missouri's first female governor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election</span> 2020 election for state governor

The 2020 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Sununu was re-elected to a third two-year term in office, defeating his opponent Dan Feltes, the Majority Leader of the Senate. Nine governors ran for re-election in this cycle and all nine were re-elected. Sununu's win marked the first time since 1986 that a Republican was elected to a third term as governor, in which his father, John H. Sununu was reelected for his third and final term. The elder Sununu chose not to seek reelection in 1988, instead becoming George H. W. Bush's chief of staff in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election</span>

The 2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2020, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona</span> Election of US Senator Mark Kelly

The 2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona was held on November 3, 2020, following the death in office of incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John McCain on August 25, 2018. Governor Doug Ducey was required by Arizona law to appoint a Republican to fill the vacant seat until a special election winner could be sworn in. On September 5, 2018, Ducey appointed former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl to fill McCain's seat. However, Kyl announced he would resign on December 31, 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina</span> Election in North Carolina

The 2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. North Carolina voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state was narrowly won by the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. North Carolina had 15 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine</span>

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Maine were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of Maine, one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The election was conducted with ranked choice voting, as per the result of a referendum passed in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Statewide opinion polling for the 2020 United States presidential election</span>

This is a list of statewide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2020 United States presidential election. The persons named in the polls were declared candidates or received media speculation about their possible candidacy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 North Carolina elections</span>

A general election was held in the U.S. state of North Carolina on November 3, 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election</span>

The 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited and can not seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. This is the only Democratic-held governorship up for election in 2024 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024.

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