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The2020 North Carolina election for Attorney General was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theAttorney General of North Carolina, concurrently with the2020 U.S. presidential election, as well aselections to theUnited States Senate andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections.
Party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.
IncumbentDemocratic Attorney GeneralJosh Stein, first elected in 2016, ran for re-election against RepublicanForsyth CountyDistrict Attorney Jim O'Neill.[1] With a narrow margin separating Stein and O'Neill (0.26%), theAssociated Press was finally able to call Stein the winner on November 17, 2020, (two weeks after Election Day).[2] This also made this attorney general race the closest of the 2020 election cycle.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim O'Neill | 338,567 | 46.55% | |
| Republican | Sam Hayes | 226,453 | 31.14% | |
| Republican | Christine Mumma | 162,301 | 22.31% | |
| Total votes | 727,321 | 100.00% | ||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[8] | Lean D | June 25, 2020 |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Josh Stein (D) | Jim O'Neill (R) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina University[9] | October 27–28, 2020 | 1,103 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 49% | 42% | 3%[a] | 6% |
| Meeting Street Insights (R)[10] | October 24–27, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 49% | 44% | – | 4% |
| East Carolina University[11] | October 15–18, 2020 | 1,155 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 49% | 44% | 2%[b] | 5% |
| East Carolina University[12] | October 2–4, 2020 | 1,232 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 43% | 46% | 2%[c] | 9% |
| Cardinal Point Analytics (R)[13] | July 22–24, 2020 | 735 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 40% | 45% | – | 15% |
| Cardinal Point Analytics (R)[14] | July 13–15, 2020 | 547 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 43% | 43% | – | 14% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Josh Stein (incumbent) | 2,713,400 | 50.13% | −0.14% | |
| Republican | Jim O'Neill | 2,699,778 | 49.87% | +0.14% | |
| Total votes | 5,413,178 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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Despite losing the state, O'Neill won eight of 13 congressional districts.[16]
| District | Stein | O'Neill | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 56% | 44% | G. K. Butterfield |
| 2nd | 65% | 35% | George Holding |
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| 3rd | 39% | 61% | Greg Murphy |
| 4th | 67% | 33% | David Price |
| 5th | 34% | 66% | Virginia Foxx |
| 6th | 62% | 38% | Mark Walker |
| Kathy Manning | |||
| 7th | 43% | 57% | David Rouzer |
| 8th | 48% | 52% | Richard Hudson |
| 9th | 46% | 54% | Dan Bishop |
| 10th | 33% | 67% | Patrick McHenry |
| 11th | 45% | 55% | Madison Cawthorn |
| 12th | 70% | 30% | Alma Adams |
| 13th | 34% | 66% | Ted Budd |
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