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U.S. SENATE: As do all 50 states, North Carolina elects two members to the U.S. Senate. The terms for U.S. Senate seats are six years and they are elected on a staggered schedule. The seat currently held by Sen. Kay Hagan (D) was voted upon in 2008, and the seat currently held by Sen. Richard Burr (R) will be on the 2010 ballot.

U.S. HOUSE: Elections for North Carolina 13 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives take place every two years. All incumbent members have expressed their intentions to run for reelection in 2010. Currently, North Carolina’s congressional delegations is made up of eight Democrats and five Republicans.

2012 Candidate Questionnaires:

In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for the U.S. House. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available here.

1. ✦ Scanned Questionnaires: Click on the “Q” beside a candidate’s name to download and view a scanned copy of the candidate’s completed questionnaire. (If a candidate does not have a “Q” by their name, they did not complete and return a candidate questionnaire.) 
   

Please Note: All candidates were asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and were invited to provide additional comments or explanations for their answers if the answer options provided did not enable them to accurately convey their positions or opinions. Please refer the the candidates’ scanned questionnaires to view responses to open-ended questions and to see additional comments.

U.S. House:

DEMOCRAT                                                                         REPUBLICAN                                                                            THIRD PARTY

District 1:                       

  G.K. Butterfield, incumbent                                                Pete DiLauro                                                                                Q Darryl Holloman (L)

  Dan Whittacre                                   

               

District 2:

  Steve Wilkins                                                                      Renee Ellmers, incumbent                                                          Q Brian Irving (L)

  Toni Morris                                                                          Q Clement Munno

  Jim Bibbs                                                                            Q Sonya Holmes

                                                                                              Q Richard Speer

District 3:

  Erik Anderson                                                                     Walter B. Jones, incumbent                      

                                                                                              Q Frank Palombo

District 4:

  David Price, incumbent                                                       Tim D’Annunzio, businessman

                                                                                              Jim Allen

                                                                                              George Frank Hutchins

District 5:

  Elisabeth Motsinger                                                            Virginia Foxx, incumbent                             

  Bruce G. Peller

District 6:

  Tony Foriest                                                                         Howard Coble, incumbent

                                                                                             Billy Yow, Guilford Co. Commissioner

                                                                                             Q Bill Flynn

District 7:

  Mike McIntyre, incumbent                                                 Q Ilario Gregory Pantano, fmr Marine/deputy sheriff

                                                                                            Q David Rouzer

                                                                                            Q Randy Crow

District 8:

  Q Larry Kissell, incumbent                                                Fred Steen          

  Q Marcus Williams                                                            Q Scott Keadle

                                                                                            Q Vernon Robinson

                                                                                            Q John Whitley

                                                                                            Q Richard Hudson

District 9: OPEN

  Jennifer Roberts                                                               Q Michael Steinberg                                                                        Curtis Campbell (L)

                                                                                           Q Michael Shaffer

                                                                                           Q Jim Pendergraph

                                                                                           Dan Barry

                                                                                           Q Edwin Peacock III

                                                                                           Q Ric Killian

                                                                                           And Dulin

                                                                                           Q Jon Gauthier

                                                                                           Q Richard Lynch

                                                                                           Q Robert Pittenger

                                                                                           Q Ken Leonczyk

District 10:

  Q Terry Bellamy                                                               Q Patrick McHenry, incumbent

  Patsy Keever                                                                   Ken Fortenberry

  Tim Murphy                                                                     Don Peterson

District 11: OPEN

  Hayden Rogers                                                               Spence Campbell

  Cecil Bothwell                                                                 Q Jeff Hunt

  Tom Hill                                                                           Q Chris Petrella

                                                                                          Q Vance Patterson

                                                                                          Q Mark Meadows

                                                                                          Kenny West

                                                                                          Q Ethan Wingfield

                                                                                          Susan Harris

District 12:

  Mel Watt, incumbent                                                       Jack Brosch              

  Matt Newton                                        

District 13: OPEN

  Q Bernard A. Holiday                                                     Q George Holding

  Charles Malone                                                              Bill Randall

                                                                                         Q Paul Coble

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