Electoral history of Cal Cunningham

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This is the electoral history of Cal Cunningham. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate from the 23rd district from 2001 to 2003. Cunningham sought the Democratic nomination in the 2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina and was also the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina against Republican incumbent Thom Tillis.

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North Carolina Senate election

2000

North Carolina Senate 23rd District, 2000 Democratic Primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cal Cunningham - 100%
Total votes- 100%
North Carolina Senate 23rd District, 2000 General Election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 27,726 53.37%
Republican John Scott Keadle23,09544.45%
Libertarian Lawrence James Clark1,1312.18%
Total votes51,952 100%
Democratic hold

United States Senate elections

2010

2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Democratic primary [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elaine Marshall 154,605 36.35%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 115,85127.24%
Democratic Ken Lewis72,51017.05%
Democratic Marcus W. Williams35,9848.46%
Democratic Susan Harris29,7386.99%
Democratic Ann Worthy16,6553.92%
Total votes425,343 100%

Since no candidate received 40% of the vote in the primary, state law allowed a runoff election if requested by the second-place finisher. Cunningham requested such a runoff. [3]

2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Democratic primary runoff [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elaine Marshall 95,390 59.96%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 63,69140.04%
Total votes159,081 100%

2020

2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina, Democratic primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 713,234 57.00%
Democratic Erica D. Smith 434,92134.76%
Democratic Trevor M. Fuller47,6323.81%
Democratic Steve Swenson33,4812.68%
Democratic Atul Goel22,0161.76%
Total votes1,251,284 100%
2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Thom Tillis (incumbent) 2,665,598 48.69% -0.13%
Democratic Cal Cunningham 2,569,96546.94%-0.32%
Libertarian Shannon Bray171,5713.13%-0.61%
Constitution Kevin E. Hayes67,8181.24%N/A
Total votes5,474,952 100.0%
Republican hold

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References

  1. "November 7, 2000 General - Results by Contest (.txt)". er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. November 7, 2000. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  3. "News & Observer: Cunningham wants a runoff". Projects.newsobserver.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  4. "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  5. "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  6. "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.