Walter H. Dalton is an American attorney and politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party,he served six terms in the state senate before his election to the office of lieutenant governor in 2008.
North Carolina's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in south-central North Carolina. The district's current boundaries were redrawn in February 2016 after a U.S. District Court overturned the existing boundaries because of politically directed gerrymandering that suppressed minority representation. The new congressional district consists of Union,Chatham,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,and Robeson counties;a southeast portion of Mecklenburg County;and parts of Cumberland,Moore and Bladen counties.
The 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Carolina,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary took place on May 6,2014.
The 2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,concurrently with the 2016 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.
James Daniel Bishop is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2019,when the district was numbered as the 9th. A Republican,his district includes south-central Mecklenburg,Union,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,Robeson,Hoke,and southern Moore Counties. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009. He served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Michigan. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Mark Harris is an American pastor and politician from North Carolina. He ran as a Republican to represent North Carolina's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2016 and 2018 elections. In 2016,he was defeated in the Republican primary by incumbent Robert Pittenger. Harris ran for Congress again in 2018,defeating Pittenger in the Republican primary.
The 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina,concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. North Carolina was one of just five states holding presidential,gubernatorial,and senatorial elections concurrently in 2020. On March 3,2020,Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democratic former State Senator Cal Cunningham won their respective primaries.
Ballot collecting,also known as "ballot harvesting",is the gathering and submitting of completed absentee or mail-in voter ballots by third-party individuals,volunteers or workers,rather than submission by voters themselves directly to ballot collection sites. It occurs in some areas of the U.S. where voting by mail is common,but some other states have laws restricting it. Proponents of ballot collection promote it as enfranchising those who live in remote areas or lack ready access to transportation,are incapacitated or in hospital or jail. Critics of ballot collection claim high probability for vote misappropriation or fraud.
Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. was an American political operative and convicted fraudster from the state of North Carolina. Dowless' actions were at the center of a fraud investigation following the 2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election. In February 2019,North Carolina's election commission determined that the doubts surrounding the integrity of the election were sufficiently serious that the election results should be invalidated and a new election held.
The 2018 election in North Carolina's 9th congressional district was held on November 6,2018,to elect a member for North Carolina's 9th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives.
The 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 8,2022 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina. Primary elections were scheduled for March 8,2022,but were delayed by the North Carolina Supreme Court and rescheduled for May 17.
A special election was held on September 10,2019,to fill the vacancy in North Carolina's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 116th United States Congress. The seat had been vacant since the opening of the 116th Congress,following the refusal of the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the results of the November 2018 election in the district due to allegations of electoral fraud. Because of the allegations,the race received substantial national attention.
The 2020 North Carolina election for Attorney General was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Attorney General 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.
Michael D. Watson Jr. is an American politician and the incumbent Secretary of State of Mississippi. A Republican,he previously represented the 51st district in the Mississippi State Senate from 2008 to 2020.
Postal voting played an important role in the 2020 United States elections,with many voters reluctant to vote in person during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The election was won by Joe Biden,the Democratic candidate. The Republican candidate President Donald Trump made numerous false claims of widespread fraud arising from postal voting,despite nearly-universal agreement to the contrary,with overwhelming amounts of supporting evidence,by the mainstream media,fact-checkers,election officials,and the courts.
Following the 2020 United States presidential election and the unsuccessful attempts by Donald Trump and various other Republican officials to overturn it,Republican lawmakers initiated a sweeping effort to make voting laws more restrictive within several states across the country. According to the Brennan Center for Justice,as of October 4,2021,more than 425 bills that would restrict voting access have been introduced in 49 states—with 33 of these bills enacted across 19 states so far. The bills are largely centered around limiting mail-in voting,strengthening voter ID laws,shortening early voting,eliminating automatic and same-day voter registration,curbing the use of ballot drop boxes,and allowing for increased purging of voter rolls. Republicans in at least eight states have also introduced bills that would give lawmakers greater power over election administration after they were unsuccessful in their attempts to overturn election results in swing states won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The efforts garnered press attention and public outrage from Democrats,and by 2023 Republicans had adopted a more "under the radar" approach to achieve their goals.
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 Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Governor Roy Cooper is term-limited and cannot 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 will take place on March 5,2024.
An election was held on November 8,2022,to elect all 50 members to North Carolina's Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices,including the U.S Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,and state house. The filing period lasted from February 24,2022,to March 4,2022,with the primary election being held on May 17,2022. The elections were originally to be held under new districts passed by the General Assembly in Senate Bill 739 to account for population changes following the 2020 census,however,following a ruling by the North Carolina Supreme Court,the General Assembly redrew the maps to comply with the court's ruling.
Two justices of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and four judges of the fifteen-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 8,2022,concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years. These elections were conducted on a partisan basis.
