North Carolina's 12th congressional district special election, 2014

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North Carolina's 12th congressional district special election, 2014
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North Carolina's 12th congressional district
  Alma Adams.jpg Vince Coakley 2.jpg
Nominee Alma Adams Vince Coakley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 127,668 41,578
Percentage 75.43 24.57
U.S. Representative before election

Mel Watt
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Representative

Alma Adams
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A special election for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina's 12th congressional district will be held on November 4, 2014 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Rep. Mel Watt.

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory chose to hold the election concurrently with the regular 2014 general elections,[1] rather than hold a separate special election at an earlier date to fill the vacancy. Party primary elections for the seat would be held May 6. Primary runoffs, if needed, were scheduled for July 15 but proved unnecessary, because the only primary winner won more than 40 percent of the vote. According to Gerry Cohen, the primary was the first special primary election in North Carolina history, because in previous special elections, committees or conventions of party leaders selected their nominees.[2]

The winner of the special election would serve through the remaining months of the 113th Congress, while the winner of the regular general election being held the same day would serve in the 114th Congress. [3] This is essentially the same procedure used in North Carolina in 1992 to fill the vacancy in the First Congressional District (other than the addition of a primary election). Because Watt resigned in January and the winner of the special election will not be seated until after the November election result is official, the district will be without a representative for more than 11 months.

Background

Democratic Congressman Mel Watt was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 2013, to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency.[4] He resigned from Congress on January 6, 2014, the day he took office as director of FHFA.[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Alma
Adams		 George
Battle		 Marcus
Brandon		 Malcolm
Graham		 James
Mitchell		 Curtis
Osborne		 Rajive
Patel		 Unde-
cided
Hamilton* Feb. 28–Mar. 4, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 26% 9% 4% 19% 9% 3% 1% 29%
  • * Internal poll for Alma Adams campaign

Results

Democratic primary election results[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Alma Adams 14,927 44.2
Democratic Malcolm Graham 7,482 22.15
Democratic George Battle III 4,426 13.1
Democratic Marcus Brandon 2,974 8.81
Democratic James "Smuggie" Mitchell, Jr. 2,032 6.02
Democratic Curtis C. Osborne 1,934 5.73
Turnout 33,775

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Vince Coakley, former TV news anchor[11]

Endorsements

References

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  2. ↑ Charlotte Observer: Special House election for Watt seat to overlap regular schedule
  3. ↑ WRAL.com
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  5. ↑ Charlotte Observer: Mel Watt to resign from Congress Jan. 6
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  10. ↑ NC State Board of Elections website
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  12. ↑ http://blog.libertyconservatives.com/vince-coakley-interview-endorsement/
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