The2016 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect theAttorney General of North Carolina , concurrently with the2016 U.S. presidential election , as well aselections to theUnited States Senate andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections .
IncumbentDemocratic Attorney GeneralRoy Cooper chose not to run for re-election to a fifth term in office, and instead successfullyran for Governor .[ 1]
Primary elections were held on March 15, 2016.
Democratic former state senatorJosh Stein defeated Republican state senatorBuck Newton in the general election.[ 2] [ 3]
Attorney Tim Dunn had announced in November 2014 that he planned to run for attorney general if Roy Cooper did not run for re-election.[ 4]
Josh Stein , former state senator and former deputy attorney general of North Carolina[ 5] Marcus Williams, attorney, candidate for U.S. Senate in2008 and2010 , candidate forNC-08 in2012 , and candidate for state senate in 2014[ 6] Candidate performance by County: 75-80%
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Democratic primary results[ 8] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Josh Stein 510,003 53.37 Democratic Marcus Williams 445,524 46.63 Total votes 955,527 100.0
Candidate performance by County: 85-90%
80-85%
75-80%
70-75%
65-70%
60-65%
55-60%
50-55%
Republican primary results[ 14] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Buck Newton 503,880 54.9 Republican Jim O'Neill 414,073 45.1 Total votes 917,953 100.0
Poll source Date(s) Sample Margin of Josh Buck Other Undecided SurveyUSA [ 15] October 28–31, 2016 659 ± 3.9% 47% 43% — 10% Public Policy Polling [ 16] October 21–22, 2016 875 ± 3.3% 44% 39% — 17% Civitas Institute [ 17] October 14–18, 2016 651 ± 3.1% 38% 40% — 18% Public Policy Polling [ 18] September 18–20, 2016 1,024 ± 3.1% 39% 35% — 25% Civitas Institute [ 19] September 11–12, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 37% 35% — 26% Public Policy Polling [ 20] August 5–7, 2016 830 ± 3.4% 39% 38% — 23% Civitas Institute [ 21] June 21–26, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 35% 35% — 27% Public Policy Polling [ 22] May 20–22, 2016 928 ± 3.2% 39% 38% — 22% RABA Research [ 23] April 27–28, 2016 688 ± 3.7% 40% 33% — 27% Civitas Institute [ 24] April 23–25, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 37% 32% 1% 30% Public Policy Polling [ 25] March 18–20, 2016 843 ± 3.4% 38% 37% — 24%
[ 26] ^a b "Attorney General Announces Candidacy For Governor" .Charlotte Observer . November 6, 2014. Archived fromthe original on November 8, 2014. RetrievedNovember 7, 2014 .^ "Josh Stein bests Buck Newton in attorney general race | The Wilson Times" .Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. RetrievedNovember 10, 2016 .^ "NC SBE Contest Results" .er.ncsbe.gov . RetrievedAugust 6, 2024 .^a b "Inside Politics: Fayetteville lawyer plans run for state attorney general" .The Fayetteville Observer . November 17, 2014. RetrievedNovember 21, 2014 .^ Knopf, Taylor (September 21, 2015)."State Sen. Josh Stein makes formal announcement for attorney general" .The News & Observer Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. RetrievedOctober 13, 2015 . ^ Evans, Meghann (December 19, 2015)."Candidates file for state, local races Friday" .Winston-Salem Journal Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. RetrievedDecember 21, 2015 . ^ "Former Congressional candidate Tim Dunn of Fayetteville plans run for attorney general" .The News & Observer Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. RetrievedNovember 21, 2014 .^ "NC SBE Election Contest Details" .er.ncsbe.gov .Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. RetrievedOctober 7, 2021 .^ Campbell, Colin (March 13, 2015)."NC Sen. Buck Newton considers run for attorney general" .The News & Observer Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. RetrievedMarch 16, 2015 . ^ Campbell, Colin (June 1, 2015)."NC Sen. Buck Newton to run for attorney general Sen. Buck Newton" .The News & Observer Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. RetrievedJune 1, 2015 . ^ Sexton, Scott (February 17, 2015)."Forsyth's prosecutor may emerge as contender for NC attorney general" .Winston-Salem Journal . RetrievedJune 1, 2015 . ^ Hewlett, Michael (September 15, 2015)."Forsyth District Attorney Jim O'Neill is running for state attorney general" .Winston-Salem Journal . RetrievedSeptember 16, 2015 . ^ Perlmutt, David (September 3, 2015)."Attorney George Rouco, a former CIA officer, to run against Rep. Pittenger in GOP Primary" .The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2015 . ^ "NC SBE Election Contest Details" .er.ncsbe.gov .Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. RetrievedOctober 7, 2021 .^ SurveyUSA ^ Public Policy Polling ^ Civitas Institute ^ Public Policy Polling ^ Civitas Institute ^ Public Policy Polling ^ Civitas Institute ^ Public Policy Polling ^ RABA Research ^ Civitas Institute ^ Public Policy Polling ^ "NC SBE Election Contest Details" .er.ncsbe.gov .Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. RetrievedOctober 7, 2021 .
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