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2019 Washington elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: July 19, 2019
General election: November 5, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: Mayor and city council
Total seats up: 6 (click here for mayoral elections)
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2019

The city of Washington, North Carolina, held general elections for mayor and five city council members on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was July 19, 2019.

Donald Sadler, incumbent Virginia Finnerty, incumbent Richard Brooks, Elizabeth Kane, and incumbent William Pitt won election in the general election for Washington City Council.

Click here to learn more about the city's mayoral election.

Elections

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Candidates and results

Note: Doby withdrew from the race in Septemer 2019. He said he was moving out of the district and would be ineligible to hold the office if he was elected.[1]

General election candidates

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Candidates
Washington City Council (5 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Brooks (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngVirginia Finnerty (i)
Douglas Mercer (i) Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Pitt (i)
Roland Wyman (i) Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Kane 
Mike Renn 
Bobby Roberson 
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Sadler 
Darwin Woolard 

Did not make the ballot:
Laurence Doby 


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See also: North Carolina elections, 2019

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Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Six of 100 North Carolina counties—6 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Bladen County, North Carolina 9.39% 1.97% 2.07%
Gates County, North Carolina 9.07% 4.11% 5.22%
Granville County, North Carolina 2.49% 4.54% 6.58%
Martin County, North Carolina 0.43% 4.65% 4.64%
Richmond County, North Carolina 9.74% 2.95% 1.50%
Robeson County, North Carolina 4.27% 17.41% 13.78%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won North Carolina with 49.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 46.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, North Carolina voted Democratic 53.5 percent of the time and Republican 25 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, North Carolina voted Republican all five times with the exception of the 2008 presidential election.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in North Carolina. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 40 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 38.3 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 44 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 80 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 22.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 76 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points. Trump won five districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also

Washington, North Carolina North Carolina Municipal government Other local coverage
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