Writing:Elections (state executive offices)
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Elections
This section is added to profiles about state-specific offices. This includes articles like Governor of Texas or Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.
This section features:
- when the state officer can be elected. For example, most elected governors are elected every two years. Some states require that governors be elected in midterm elections (even years that are not Presidential election years).
- list the last few years a gubernatorial election was held. If a page has been created on Ballotpedia to track the election, then remember to wiki-link to the appropriate pages.
- if available, list the state law for inaugurations.
- A sub-section for "term limits." This section should note if a term limit does or does not exist in the state for that particular office.
- Sub-sections for recent elections, including an overview sentence and election results box.
Installation
==Elections== STATE elects OFFICER in (midterm) elections. Further specify what that means. If it's midterm elections, then they are elected during even years that are not Presidential election years, etc. For the state of STATE, OFFICENAME election years included: (list election years here). According to state law, the inauguration always takes place the (e.g. first Monday after the second Tuesday in January). ===Term limits=== If a term limit exists in the state, then list details here. If not, then make not that the state does not have term limits for that particular office.
Example
Below is an example of how this section would appear in an article. See also: Governor of North Carolina.
Elections
North Carolina elects governors in the Presidential elections, that is, in leap years. For North Carolina, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 are all gubernatorial election years. Legally, the gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the first day in the January following an election. Thus, January 1, 2013 and January 1, 2017 are inaugural days.
2012
Bev Perdue (D) did not run for re-election. Pat McCrory (R) defeated Walter Dalton (D) in the November 6, 2012 general election.
| Governor of North Carolina General Election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Walter Dalton | 43.2% | 1,931,580 | |
| Republican |  Pat McCrory |
54.6% | 2,440,707 | |
| Libertarian | Barbara Howe | 2.1% | 94,652 | |
| Write-in | Various | 0% | 1,356 | |
| Total Votes | 4,468,295 | |||
| Election Results via NC State Board of Elections. | ||||
Term limits
- See also: States with gubernatorial term limits
North Carolina governors are restricted to two consecutive terms in office, after which they must wait one term before being eligible to run again.
North Carolina Constitution, Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 2
| No person elected to the office of Governor ... shall be eligible for election to more than two consecutive terms of the same office. |
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