North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner election, 2020

Elections in North Carolina, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Oct. 9
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Oct. 15
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 12 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: No ID
• Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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2024 → ← 2016
North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
Election details
Filing deadline: December 20, 2019
Primary: March 3, 2020 Primary runoff: June 23, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Steve Troxler (R)
How to vote
Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in North Carolina
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North Carolina held an election for agriculture commissioner on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline was December 20, 2019.

Incumbent Steve Troxler won election in the general election for North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

North Carolina modified its absentee/mail-in voting and early voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: The witness signature requirement on completed absentee ballots decreased from two to one. The receipt deadline was extended to 5 p.m. on November 12, 2020, for ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.
• Early voting: Early voting sites were required to be open for at least 10 hours on the weekends of October 17-18, 2020, and October 24-25, 2020. Counties had to open at least one early voting site per 20,000 registered voters.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

• Steve Troxler  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Jenna Wadsworth  (Democratic Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Walter Smith 
• Jenna Wadsworth ✔
• Donovan Alexander Watson 

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 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Steve Troxler (Incumbent) ✔

Past elections

2016

See also: North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner election, 2016

The general election for agriculture commissioner was held on November 8, 2016.

Incumbent Steve Troxler defeated Walter Smith in the North Carolina agriculture commissioner election.

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Steve Troxler Incumbent	55.62%	2,498,988
	Democratic	Walter Smith	44.38%	1,994,038
Total Votes				4,493,026
Source: ABC11

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2012 See also: North Carolina down ballot state executive elections, 2012 Incumbent Steve Troxler (R) successfully won re-election, defeating Walter Smith (D) in the November 6, 2012 general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Walter Smith 46.8% 2,025,054      Republican Steve Troxler Incumbent 53.2% 2,303,586 Total Votes 4,328,640 Election results via NC State Board of Elections 2008 On November 4, 2008, Steve Troxler won re-election to the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. He defeated James Ansley (D) in the general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Steve Troxler Incumbent 52% 2,130,146      Democratic James Ansley 48% 1,962,741 Total Votes 4,092,887 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2004 On November 2, 2004, Steve Troxler won election to the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. He defeated Britt Cobb (D) in the general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Steve Troxler 50% 1,666,197      Democratic Britt Cobb Incumbent 50% 1,663,910 Total Votes 3,330,107 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2000 On November 7, 2000, Meg Scott Phipps won election to the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. She defeated Steve Troxler (R) in the general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, 2000 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Meg Scott Phipps 50.6% 1,418,164      Republican Steve Troxler 49.4% 1,386,311 Total Votes 2,804,475 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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