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| | #REDIRECT [[Toni Morris]] |
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| |Name = Antoinette Toni Morris
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| |Position = U.S. House, North Carolina, District 2
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| |Status = Candidate
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| |Political party = Democratic
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| |Campaign website = http://toniforcongress.com/
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| {{tnr}}'''Toni Morris''' was a 2012 [[Democratic]] candidate who sought election to the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]] to represent [[North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012|the 2nd Congressional District]] of [[North Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/races/election.php?state=NC ''Opencongress.org'' Accessed February 6, 2012]</ref> Morris was defeated by [[Steve Wilkins]] in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2012.<ref name="nc">[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/80750/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'', "Primary Election Results," accessed May 9, 2012.</ref>
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| ==Elections==
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| ===2012===
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| :: ''See also: [[North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012]]''
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| Morris ran in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]] to represent [[United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012|North Carolina's]] [[North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012|2nd District]]. Morris sought the nomination on the Democratic ticket. The [[Signature requirements and deadlines for 2012 U.S. Congress elections|signature filing deadline]] for candidates wishing to run was February 29, 2012. Morris was defeated by [[Steve Wilkins]] in the Democratic primary to unseat incumbent Rep. [[Renee Ellmers]] (R).<ref name="nc"/>
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| The [http://www.Washingtonpost.com Washington Post] listed the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] elections in [[North Carolina]] in 2012 as one of the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html 10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House] or [[Republican]]s would hold their majority in 2013.<ref name="WP">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html ''Washington Post'', "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012," accessed April 25, 2012]</ref> [[United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012|North Carolina]] was rated 8th on the list.<ref name="WP"/><ref>[http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/36596/85942/en/summary.html ''North Carolina State Board of Elections'', "2012 Primary Results," accessed July 19, 2012]</ref>
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| {{Primary election box 2012
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| |Chamber= U.S. House, North Carolina District 2
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| |party= Democratic
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| |winner1 =Steve Wilkins
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| |Inc1 = N
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| |candidate2 =Toni Morris
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| |votes1 =24327
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| |votes2 =20431
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| ==Campaign donors==
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| As of April 18, 2012, Morris had raised $7,408 and spent $5,942, leaving him with $1,466 cash on hand. Of that, $7,258 (98%) came from individual contributions, while $100 (1%) came from candidate self-financing.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?cycle=2012&id=NC02 ''opensecrets.org'' Accessed May 3, 2012]</ref>
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| ==External links==
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| :* [https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://toniforcongress.com/index.html Official campaign website]
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| ==Footnotes==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{North Carolina congress}}
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| {{North Carolina}}
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| [[Category: Democratic Party]]
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| [[Category: North Carolina]]
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| {{congcandidate|Year=2012|Status=challenger|Chamber=U.S. House|Primary=L}}
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