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United States House elections in North Carolina, 2022 (May 17 Democratic primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected 14 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 14 U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for May 17, 2022. A primary runoff was scheduled to be held on July 5, 2022. The filing deadline was March 4, 2022.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Carolina utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Parties decide who may vote in their respective primaries. Voters may choose a primary ballot without impacting their unaffiliated status.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on North Carolina's Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in North Carolina, 2022 (May 17 Republican primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
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District 2
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Deborah Ross (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 4
Democratic primary candidates
- Clay Aiken
- Nida Allam
- Crystal Cavalier
- Valerie Foushee ✔
- Matt Grooms
- Stephen J. Valentine
- Ashley Ward
- Richard Watkins
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District 5
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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District 6
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Kathy Manning (Incumbent) ✔
District 7
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 8
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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District 9
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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District 10
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 11
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 12
Democratic primary candidates
- Alma Adams (Incumbent) ✔
- John Sharkey
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District 13
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 14
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in North Carolina.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in North Carolina in 2022. Information below was calculated on March 31, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 103 candidates filed to run for North Carolina’s 14 U.S. House districts, including 60 Republicans, 40 Democrats, two Libertarians, and one independent. That’s 7.4 candidates per district, up from 5.3 in 2020 and 5.0 in 2018.
Here are some other highlights from filings in 2022:
- This was the first filing deadline to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. North Carolina was apportioned 14 seats after the 2020 census, up from 13 seats in the last round of apportionment following the 2010 census.
- Two incumbents filed to run for re-election in a different district than the one they represented before redistricting. 8th District Rep. Richard Hudson (R) filed for re-election in the 9th District. 9th District Rep. Dan Bishop (R) filed for re-election in the 8th District.
- Four seats were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. In addition to the newly-created 14th District, this included the 1st, 4th, and 13th Districts: Rep. Ted Budd (R) filed to run for U.S. Senate rather than seeking re-election. Reps. G.K. Butterfield (D) and David Price (D) retired from politics.
- This marked the largest number of open seats since at least 2012. There were three open seats in 2020 and none in 2018.
- Fifteen candidates filed to run in the 11th District, more than any other. This figure includes eight Republicans, six Democrats, and one Libertarian.
See also
- United States House elections in North Carolina, 2022 (May 17 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
