2012 North Carolina Council of State election


The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2012 were held November 6, 2012 to select the nine officers of the North Carolina Council of State. This election coincided with the U.S. presidential election, U.S. House elections, the gubernatorial election and the statewide judicial elections. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2012; for races in which no candidate received 40 percent of the vote in the primary, runoff elections were held on July 17.
The nine members of the North Carolina Council of State are statewide-elected officers serving four-year terms. In the 2012 elections, all incumbents who ran for new terms were re-elected, while the Lieutenant Governor's seat was open following incumbent Walter Dalton's decision to run for Governor. The partisan makeup of the Council of State changed from 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans before the election to 6 Democrats and 3 Republicans afterward.

Governor

Republican Pat McCrory was elected Governor.

Lieutenant Governor

Republican Dan Forest was elected Lieutenant Governor.

Attorney General

, the Democratic incumbent Attorney General, ran for re-election unopposed.

Results

Secretary of State

Democratic primary

Primary results

As no candidate received 40 percent of the vote, state law allows the runner-up to request a second primary. Gardner requested a runoff.

General election

Polling

Results

State Auditor

Democratic primary

Primary results

As the runner-up, Dority chose not to request a runoff, making Goldman the nominee.

General election

Polling

Results

State Treasurer

Democratic primary

Primary results

Republican primary

Primary results

General election

Polling

Results

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Democratic primary

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Primary results

As the runner-up, Alexander requested a runoff.

General election

Polling

Results

Commissioner of Agriculture

Republican primary

Primary results

Democratic primary

Primary results

General election

Polling

Results

Commissioner of Labor

Republican primary

Primary results

As the runner-up, Foster requested a runoff.

General election

Polling

Results

Commissioner of Insurance

Democratic primary

Primary results

As the runner-up, Causey requested a runoff. Of all the statewide runoffs held on July 17, the Republican primary for Insurance Commissioner was the only one in which the top vote-getter changed from the first to the second primary.

General election

Polling