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2016 Election Results

November 8, 2016 Candidates & Ballots

161108electionheaderNov. 8, 2016; last update 6:40 p.m. Nov. 11

Unofficial results from the Nov. 8 election, as they are available from the N.C. Board of Elections. Electoral College projections from New York Times. Names for each seat or position are listed in alphabetical order; the apparent winner’s name is in boldface type.

District Court (Meck)

 

Aretha Blake 174,982 (50.78%) Tracy Hewett 169,581 (49.22%)

George Bell 128,187 (37.73%) Christy Mann 211,594 (62.27%)

David Strickland 204.450 (62.75%) Ben Thalheimer 121,345 (37.25%)

Unopposed: Kimberly Best-Staton, Ron Chapman, Jena Culler, Karen Eady-Williams, Ty Hands, Gary Henderson, Donnie Hoover, Elizabeth Trosch, Louis Trosch

 

N.C. Court of Appeals (Statewide)

 

Phil Berger Jr. 2,212,198 (50.29%) Linda Stephens 2,186,491 (49.71%)

Donald Buie 248,767 (5.67%) Margaret Eagles 1,999,335 (45.57%) Hunter Murphy 2,139,050 (48.76%)

Bob Hunter 2,379,883 (54.42%) Abe Jones 1,993,366 (45.58%)

Richard Dietz 2,330,022 (53.50%) Vince Rozier 2,025,086 (46.50%)

Rickye McKoy-Mitchell 2,004,067 (46.15%) Valerie Zachary 2,338,310 (53.85%)

 

N.C. Supreme Court

 

Robert Edmunds (R) Meck 163,157 (43.90%) NC 1,785,826 (45.55%)

Michael Morgan (D) Meck 208,496 (56.10%) NC 2,134,638 (54.45%)

 

Mecklenburg County Commissioner At-Large (3 seats)

 

Jeremy Brasch (R) 186,508 (20.40%)

Pat Cotham (D) 266,584 (29.16%)

Trevor Fuller (D) 232,319 (25.41%)

Ella Scarborough (D) 228,702 (20.40%)

 

Mecklenburg County Commissioner Districts

 

1 Jim Puckett (R) 54.410 (100%)

2 Vilma Leake (D) 57,470 (100%)

3 George Dunlap (D) 56,453 (100%)

4 Dumont Clarke (D) 51,901 (100%)

5 Mark Friedland (D) 34,754 (42.31%) Matthew Ridenhour (R) 47,379 (57.69%)

6 Bill James (R) 57,431 (100%)

 

Register of Deeds

 

Fred Smith (D) 326,452 (100%)

 

Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor (1 seat, nonpartisan)

 

Vonnie Brown 75,814 (22.23%) Eric Erickson 72,133 (21.15%) Doug Hanks 30,410 (8.92%) Brad Johnson 85,935 (25.20%) Lisa Carol Rudisill 72,667 (21.31%)

 

City Bond Referenda

 

Transportation: Yes 262,270 (76.85%)

Housing: Yes 238,310 (69.96%)

Neighborhood Improvement: Yes 266,082 (77.88%)

 

N.C. Senate Districts

 

37 Bob Diamond (R) 27,056 (32.03%) Jeff Jackson (D) 57,420 (67.97%)

38 Joel Ford (D) 66,723 (79.10%) Richard Rivette (R) 17,632 (20.09%)

39 Dan Bishop (R) 58,278 (56.80%) Lloyd Scher (D) 44,330 (43.20%)

40 Marguerite Cooke (R) 12,934 (17.46%) Joyce Waddell (D) 61,131 (82.54%)

41 Chris Cole 4,894 (4.83%) Jonathan Hudson (D) 41,214 (40.70%) Jeff Tarte (R) 55,155 (54.47%)

 

N.C. House Districts

 

88 Mary Belk (D) 21,620 (50.61%) Rob Bryan (R) 21,095 (49.39%)

92 Chaz Beasley (D) 22,808 (54.39%) Beth Caufield (R) 19,130 (45.61%)

98 John Bradford (R) 25,254 (56.47%) Jane Campbell (I) 19,464 (43.53%)

99 Rodney Moore (D) 28,694 (100%)

100 John Autry (D) 25,565 (100%)

101 Justin Dunn (R) 8,637 (24.01%) Beverly Earle (D) 27,334 (75.99%)

102 Becky Carney (D) 27,689 (100%)

103 Bill Brawley (R)  21,575 (56.19%) Rochelle Rivas (D) 16,820 (43.81%)

104 Andy Dulin (R) 24,534 (55.34%) Peter Noris (D) 19,803 (44.66%)

105 Connie Green-Johnson (D) 17,566 (44.75%) Scott Stone (R) 21,690 (55.25%)

106 Carla Cunningham (D) 27,095 (100%)

107 Kelly Alexander (D) 34,126 (100%)

 

N.C. Treasurer

 

Dan Blue III (D)  Meck 263,825 (59.37%) N.C. 2,105,522 (47.26%)

Dale Folwell (R) Meck 180,582 (40.63%) N.C. 2,349,527 (52.74%)

 

N.C. Supt. of Public Instruction

 

June Atkinson (D) Meck 274,042 (61.61%) N.C. 2,206,975 (49.37%)

Mark Johnson (R) Meck 170,789 (38.39%) N.C. 2,262,909 (50.63%)

 

N.C. Secretary of State

 

Michael LaPaglia (R)  Meck 162,208 (36.24%) N.C. 2,141,831 (47.77%)

Elaine Marshall (D) Meck 285,406 (63.76%) N.C. 2,341,413 (52.23%)

 

N.C. Commissioner of Labor

 

Cherie Berry (R)  Meck 189,583 (42.33%) N.C. 2,480,278 (55.22%)

Charles Meeker (D) Meck 257,754 (57.54%) N.C. 2,006,341 (44.67%)

 

N.C. Commissioner of Insurance

 

Mike Causey (R)  Meck N.C. 2,248,352 (50.43%)

Wayne Goodwin (D) Meck N.C. 2,209,668 (49.57%)

 

N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture

 

Walter Smith (D)  Meck 261,147 (58.62%) N.C. 1,995,302 (44.39%)

Steve Troxler (R) Meck 184,335 (41.38%) N.C. 2,499,828 (55.61%)

 

N.C. Auditor

 

Chuck Stuber (R) Meck 169,851 (37.90%) N.C.  2,230,880 (49.97%)

Beth Wood (D) Meck 278355 (62.10%) N.C. 2,233,981 (50.03%)

 

N.C. Attorney General

 

Buck Newton (R)  Meck 163,605 (36.09%) N.C. 2,256,495 (49.77%)

Josh Stein (D) Meck 289,698 (63.91%)  N.C. 2,277,288 (50.23%)

 

N.C. Lieutenant Governor

 

Jacki Cole (L) Meck 15,473 (3.39%) N.C.130,252 (2.85%)

Linda Coleman (D) Meck 266,843 (58.43%)  N.C. 2,069,568 (45.28%)

Dan Forest (R) Meck 174,374 (38.18%) N.C.2,370,380 (51.87%)

 

N.C. Governor

 

Lon Cecil (L) Meck 11,799 (2.53%) N.C. 101,049 (2.17%)

Roy Cooper (D) Meck 294,880 (63.29%) N.C. 2,281,851 (48.97%)

Pat McCrory (R) Meck 159,217 (34.17%) N.C. 2,276,850 (48.86%)

 

U.S. House District 9

 

Christian Cano Meck 44,689 (41.92%) Total  137,337 (41.74%) Robert Pittinger Meck 61,921 (58.08%) Total 191,660 (58.26%)

 

U.S. House District 12

 

Alma Adams (D) 232,451 (67.05%) Leon Threatt (R) 114,242 (32.95%)

 

U.S. Senate

Richard Burr (R) Meck 171.794 (37.04%) N.C. 2,371,439 (51.11%)

 

Sean Haugh (L) Meck 17,038 (3.67%) N.C. 165,163 (3.56%)

Deborah Ross (D) Meck 275,026 (59.29%) N.C. 2,103,334 (45.33%)

 

U.S. President

 

Hillary Clinton (D) Meck 292,258 (62.31%) N.C. 2,162,779 (46.13%) U.S. Electoral 232

Gary Johnson (L) Meck 15,273 (3.26%) N.C. 127,745 (2.72%) U.S.

Donald Trump (R) Meck 154.303 (32.90%) N.C. 2,339,752 (49.90%) U.S. Electoral 306

 

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This image used in 2016 election coverage is of
Mary Pickersgill’s Star Spangled Banner,
as seen by Francis Scott Key flying over
Fort McHenry in Baltimore on Sept. 14, 1814.
The Pickersgill flag is preserved at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. www.si.edu

 

 

 

 

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