North Carolina Insurance 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 Insurance
Election details
Filing deadline: December 20, 2019
Primary: March 3, 2020 Primary runoff: June 23, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Mike Causey (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 insurance commissioner on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline was December 20, 2019.

Incumbent Mike Causey won election in the general election for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance.

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

• Mike Causey  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Wayne Goodwin  (Democratic Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Wayne Goodwin ✔ 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Mike Causey (Incumbent) ✔
• Ronald Pierce

Past elections

2016

See also: North Carolina Insurance Commissioner election, 2016

Mike Causey defeated incumbent Wayne Goodwin in the North Carolina insurance commisioner election.

North Carolina Insurance Commisioner, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Causey	50.44%	2,247,595
	Democratic	Wayne Goodwin Incumbent	49.56%	2,208,241
Total Votes				4,455,836
Source: ABC11

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2012 See also: North Carolina down ballot state executive elections, 2012 Incumbent Wayne Goodwin (D) successfully won re-election, defeating Mike Causey (R) in the November 6, 2012 general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Wayne Goodwin Incumbent 51.9% 2,226,344      Republican Mike Causey 48.1% 2,066,601 Total Votes 4,292,945 Election results via NC State Board of Elections 2008 On November 4, 2008, Wayne Goodwin won election to the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance. He defeated John Odom (R) and Mark McMains (L) in the general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Wayne Goodwin 51.6% 2,106,870      Republican John Odom 44.6% 1,822,452      Libertarian Mark McMains 3.8% 153,517      Write-in Various 0.1% 2,358 Total Votes 4,085,197 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2004 On November 2, 2004, Jim Long won re-election to the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance. He defeated C. Robert Brawley (R) in the general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Jim Long Incumbent 57.6% 1,934,076      Republican C. Robert Brawley 42.4% 1,421,398 Total Votes 3,355,474 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2000 On November 7, 2000, Jim Long won re-election to the office of North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance. He defeated Mike Causey (R) in the general election. North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, 2000 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Jim Long Incumbent 56.5% 1,590,139      Republican Mike Causey 43.5% 1,222,527 Total Votes 2,812,666 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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