North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial 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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North Carolina Lieutenant Governor
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 20, 2019
Primary: March 3, 2020 Primary runoff: June 23, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Dan Forest (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 lieutenant governor on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline was December 20, 2019.

Mark K. Robinson won election in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

This election was a battleground race. Other 2020 battlegrounds included:

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary) Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas, 2020

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

Note: Van Duyn announced March 10 she would not request a Democratic primary runoff, making Lewis Holley the Democratic nominee.

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Mark K. Robinson defeated Yvonne Lewis Holley in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark K. Robinson (R)	51.6	2,800,656
		Yvonne Lewis Holley (D)	48.4	2,623,458

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,424,114
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yvonne Lewis Holley	26.6	309,274
		Terry Van Duyn	20.4	237,885
		Chaz Beasley	18.9	219,503
		Allen Thomas Jr.	18.8	219,229
		Bill Toole	9.6	111,843
		Ronald L. Newton	5.7	65,970

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,163,704
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark K. Robinson	32.5	240,843
		Andy Wells	14.6	107,824
		Mark Johnson	12.0	89,200
		John Ritter	11.5	85,023
		Renee Ellmers	6.8	50,526
		Greg Gebhardt	6.8	50,474
		Deborah Cochran	6.5	48,234
		Scott Stone	6.5	48,193
		Buddy Bengel	2.8	20,395

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 740,712
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Past elections

2016

See also: North Carolina Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2016

The general election for lieutenant governor was held on November 8, 2016.

Incumbent Dan Forest defeated Linda Coleman and Jacki Cole in the North Carolina lieutenant governor election.

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Forest Incumbent	51.87%	2,370,028
	Democratic	Linda Coleman	45.28%	2,068,741
	Libertarian	Jacki Cole	2.85%	130,236
Total Votes				4,569,005
Source: ABC11

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2012 See also: North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2012 Incumbent Walter Dalton (D) did not run for re-election. Dan Forest (R) defeated Linda Coleman (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Linda Coleman 49.9% 2,180,870      Republican Dan Forest 50.1% 2,187,728 Total Votes 4,368,598 Election results via NC State Board of Elections 2008 On November 4, 2008, Walter Dalton won election to the office of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor. He defeated Robert Pittenger (R) and Phillip Rhodes in the general election. North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Walter Dalton 51.1% 2,133,058      Republican Robert Pittenger 45.9% 1,915,012      Libertarian Phillip Rhodes 3% 126,074 Total Votes 4,174,144 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2004 On November 2, 2004, Bev Perdue won re-election to the office of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor. She defeated Jim Snyder (R) and Christopher Cole (L) in the general election. North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Bev Perdue Incumbent 55.6% 1,888,397      Republican Jim Snyder 42.8% 1,453,705      Libertarian Christopher Cole 1.7% 56,368 Total Votes 3,398,470 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections. 2000 On November 7, 2000, Bev Perdue won election to the office of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor. She defeated Betsy Cochrane (R) and Catherine Carter (L) in the general election. North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, 2000 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Bev Perdue 52.3% 1,500,206      Republican Betsy Cochrane 45.9% 1,315,825      Reform Party Catherine Carter 1.8% 50,352 Total Votes 2,866,383 Election results via North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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