North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation
2010 Elections: Statewide Races
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COUNCIL OF STATE: North Carolina elects the Governor, Lt. Governor and other Council of State officers every four years concurrent with the presidential election. These positions carry four-year terms. The Governor is constitutionally limited to two consecutive four-year terms.
STATE JUDICIAL: North Carolina elects Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges in non-partisan, statewide elections. Appellate court judges serve eight-year terms and stand for election on a staggered schedule. In 2010 only one of the seven seats on the N.C Supreme Court is up for election, as are four of the 15 seats on the State Court of Appeals.
2012 Candidate Questionnaires:
In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for Governor, Council of State offices, and the N.C. Appellate Courts. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available here.
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✦ 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.
Governor: OPEN
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Walter Dalton Q Pat McCrory Q Barbara Howe (L)
Bill Faison Q Jim Harney
Q Gary Dunn Charles Kenneth Moss
Gardenia Henley Q Jim Mahan
Q Bruce Blackmon Scott Jones
Lt. Governor: OPEN
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Linda Coleman Q Dan Forest
Eric Mansfield Q Tony Gurley
Q Dale Folwell
Q Arthur Jason Rish
Q Grey Mills
Attorney General:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Q Roy Cooper, incumbent
Treasurer:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Janet Cowell, incumbent Q Steve Royal
Secretary of State:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Elaine Marshall, incumbent Q Mike Beitler
AJ Daoud
Ed Goodwin
Q Kenn Gardner
Commissioner of Labor:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Marlowe Foster Q Cherie Berry, incumbent
John Brooks
Ty Richardson
Commissioner of Agriculture:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Scott Bryant Q Steve Troxler, incumbent
Walter Smith Q Bill McManus
Commissioner of Insurance:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Q Wayne Goodwin, incumbent Q James McCall
Q Mike Causey
Q Richard Morgan
Superintendent of Public Instruction:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Q June Atkinson, incumbent Q Ray Martin
Q Mark Crawford
Q Richard Alexander
David Scholl
Q John Tedesco
State Auditor:
DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN THIRD PARTY
Beth Wood, incumbent Q Debra Goldman
Greg Dority
Richard Hank DeBragga
Q Fern Shubert
Q Rudy Wright
N.C. SUPREME COURT:
INCUMBENT
Associate Justice - Newby Seat:
Q Paul Newby, incumbent
Q Sam Ervin IV, NC Ct. of Appeals judge
N.C. COURT OF APPEALS:
INCUMBENT
McGee Seat:
Q Linda McGee, incumbent
Q David S. Robinson
Bryant Seat:
Wanda Bryant, incumbent
Q Marty McGee
Thigpen Seat:
Q Cressie Thigpen, incumbent
Q Chris Dillon
P.O. Box 12406 Raleigh, NC 27605 Phone: 919.896.8347 Fax: 919.896.8349