2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 13 U.S. representatives from the state of North Carolina. The elections coincided with the U.S. presidential election, N.C. gubernatorial election, statewide judicial elections, Council of State elections and various local 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 (officially known as "second" primaries) were held on July 17.^[1][2]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

← 2010 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2014 →
All 13 North Carolina seats in the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 6 7 Seats won 9 4 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 2,137,167 2,218,357 Percentage 48.75% 50.60% Swing 5.38% 5.35%
Republican   50–60%   60–70% Democratic   50–60%   70–80%

North Carolina was one of five states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2012, the other states being Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	13	2,137,167	48.75	9	3	69.23
	Democratic	13	2,218,357	50.60	4	3	30.77
	Libertarian	3	24,142	0.55	0		0.00
	Write-in	1	4,446	0.10	0		0.00
Total		30	4,384,112	100.0	13		100.0

Popular vote Democratic   50.60% Republican   48.75% Libertarian   0.55% Other   0.10%

House seats Republican   69.23% Democratic   30.77% Libertarian   0.00% Other   0.00%

By district

Results of the 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina by district:

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	254,644	75.32%	77,288	22.86%	6,134	1.81%	338,066	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 2	128,973	41.42%	174,066	55.90%	8,358	2.68%	311,397	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	114,314	36.89%	195,571	63.11%	0	0.00%	309,885	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 4	259,534	74.47%	88,951	25.53%	0	0.00%	348,485	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 5	148,252	42.46%	200,945	57.54%	0	0.00%	349,197	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 6	142,467	39.08%	222,116	60.92%	0	0.00%	364,583	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 7	168,695	50.10%	168,041	49.90%	0	0.00%	336,736	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 8	137,139	45.37%	160,695	53.16%	4,446	1.47%	302,280	100.00%	Republican Gain
District 9	171,503	45.65%	194,537	51.78%	9,650	2.57%	375,690	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 10	144,023	43.01%	190,826	56.99%	0	0.00%	334,849	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 11	141,107	42.58%	190,319	57.42%	0	0.00%	331,426	100.00%	Republican Gain
District 12	247,591	79.63%	63,317	20.37%	0	0.00%	310,908	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 13	160,115	43.20%	210,495	56.80%	'0	0.00%	370,610	100.00%	Republican Gain
Total	2,218,357	50.60%	2,137,167	48.75%	28,588	0.65%	4,384,112	100.00%

Redistricting

North Carolina's congressional districts after 2010 census redistricting^[3]

A redistricting map, drawn to reflect changes observed in the 2010 United States census, was passed into law in July 2011. The map must receive approval from either the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia or the U.S. Department of Justice before it can be enforced (under the 1965 Voting Rights Act).^[4] The North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People challenged the map on the grounds that it reduces the influence of African American voters.^[5]

District	Old PVI	New PVI	Incumbent
1st	D+9	D+17	G. K. Butterfield
2nd	R+2	R+11	Renee Ellmers
3rd	R+16	R+10	Walter B. Jones Jr.
4th	D+8	D+17	David Price
5th	R+15	R+12	Virginia Foxx
6th	R+18	R+11	Howard Coble
7th	R+5	R+11	Mike McIntyre
8th	R+2	R+12	Larry Kissell
9th	R+11	R+10	Sue Myrick
10th	R+17	R+11	Patrick McHenry
11th	R+6	R+12	Heath Shuler
12th	D+16	D+23	Mel Watt
13th	D+5	R+9	Brad Miller

District 1

2012 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee G. K. Butterfield Pete DiLauro Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 254,644 77,288 Percentage 75.3% 22.9%

U.S. Representative before election G. K. Butterfield Democratic Elected U.S. Representative G. K. Butterfield Democratic

See also: North Carolina's 1st congressional district

Incumbent Democrat G. K. Butterfield, who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election. The 1st district, which is majority-minority and already strongly favored Democrats, favored them even more so after redistricting.^[4] The redrawn district had a PVI of D+17, whereas the old 1st had a PVI of D+9.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• G. K. Butterfield, incumbent U.S. Representative^[6]

Eliminated in primary

• Daniel-Lynn Whittacre, High School Teacher, HHS Federal Agent

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. K. Butterfield (incumbent)	89,531	81.1
	Democratic	Daniel-Lynn Whittacre	20,822	18.9
Total votes			28,582	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Pete DiLauro, former law enforcement officer

General election

Endorsements

G. K. Butterfield (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• National Education Association
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]
• United Steelworkers

Organizations

• Humane Society of the United States^[12]
• Sierra Club

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[13]

Results

North Carolina's 1st congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	G. K. Butterfield (incumbent)	254,644	75.3
	Republican	Pete DiLauro	77,288	22.9
	Libertarian	Darryl Holloman	6,134	1.8
Total votes			338,066	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

2012 North Carolina's 2nd congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Renee Ellmers Steve Wilkins Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 174,066 128,973 Percentage 55.9% 41.4%

U.S. Representative before election Renee Ellmers Republican Elected U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers Republican

See also: North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Renee Ellmers, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. The 2nd district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting, with The Hill ranking Ellmers at second in its list of house members most helped by redistricting.^[15] The redrawn district had a PVI of R+11, where the old 2nd had a PVI of R+2.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Renee Ellmers, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Sonya Holmes^[16]
• Clement F. Munno
• Richard Speer, contract farmer

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Renee Ellmers (incumbent)	37,661	56.0
	Republican	Richard Speer	20,099	29.9
	Republican	Sonya Holmes	6,535	9.7
	Republican	Clement F. Munno	2,982	4.4
Total votes			67,277	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Wilkins, retired U.S. Army officer and businessman

Eliminated in primary

• Toni Morris, professional counselor

Withdrawn

• Jim Bibbs

Declined

• Bob Etheridge, former U.S. Representative^[17] (ran for governor)^[18]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Wilkins	24,327	50.7
	Democratic	Toni Morris	20,431	42.6
	Democratic	Jim Bibbs (Withdrawn)	3,238	6.7
Total votes			47,996	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Brian Irving, retired U.S. Air Force officer

General election

Endorsements

Renee Ellmers (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[19]
• GOProud^[20]
• Maggie's List^[21]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• Susan B. Anthony List^[24]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Steve Wilkins (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• United Steelworkers

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[13]

Did not endorse

Newspapers

• Raleigh News & Observer^[26]

Results

North Carolina's 2nd congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Renee Ellmers (incumbent)	174,066	55.9
	Democratic	Steve Wilkins	128,973	41.4
	Libertarian	Brian Irving	8,358	2.7
Total votes			311,397	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2012 North Carolina's 3rd congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Walter B. Jones Jr. Erik Anderson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 195,571 114,314 Percentage 63.1% 36.9%

U.S. Representative before election Walter B. Jones Jr. Republican Elected U.S. Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. Republican

See also: North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

Incumbent Republican Walter B. Jones Jr., who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election.^[27] The 3rd district was made slightly more favorable to Democrats in redistricting, but continued to strongly favor Republicans.^[4] The redrawn district had a PVI of R+10, where the old 3rd had a PVI of R+16.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Walter B. Jones Jr., incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Frank Palombo, former New Bern police chief^[28]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones (incumbent)	42,644	69.0
	Republican	Frank Palombo	19,166	31.0
Total votes			61,810	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Erik Anderson, former U.S. Marine

General election

Endorsements

Walter B. Jones (R)

Labor unions

• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]

Organizations

• Humane Society of the United States^[12]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Results

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones Jr. (incumbent)	195,571	63.1
	Democratic	Erik Anderson	114,314	36.9
Total votes			309,885	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2012 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee David Price Tim D'Annunzio Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 259,534 88,951 Percentage 74.5% 25.5%

U.S. Representative before election David Price Democratic Elected U.S. Representative David Price Democratic

See also: North Carolina's 4th congressional district and North Carolina's 13th congressional district

Democrat David Price, who had represented North Carolina's 4th congressional district since 1997 and previously served from 1987 until 1995, ran for re-election.^[29] Brad Miller, who has represented the 13th district since 2003, considered challenging Price in the 4th district primary after having his home drawn into it, but announced in January 2012 that he would not seek either seat and would instead retire.^[30]

Democratic primary

Price was unopposed in the Democratic primary.^[31]

Candidates

Nominee

• David Price, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

• Brad Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tim D'Annunzio, businessman and candidate for North Carolina's 8th congressional district in 2010.^[31]

Eliminated in primary

• Jim Allen, Electrical contractor
• George Hutchins, former US Marine, veteran of the first Gulf War and candidate for this district in 2010

Withdrawn

• Doug Yopp, Director of the Friends of the Library at NC State^[32]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim D'Annunzio	14,065	46.4
	Republican	Jim Allen	10,430	34.4
	Republican	George Frank Hutchins	5,811	19.2
Total votes			30,306	100.0

General election

Endorsements

David Price (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• National Education Association
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]
• United Steelworkers

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign^[33]
• Humane Society of the United States^[12]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[34]
• Sierra Club

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[13]
• Raleigh News & Observer^[26]

Results

North Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Price (incumbent)	259,534	74.5
	Republican	Tim D'Annunzio	88,951	25.5
Total votes			348,485	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 5

2012 North Carolina's 5th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Virginia Foxx Elisabeth Motsinger Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 200,945 148,252 Percentage 57.5% 42.5%

U.S. Representative before election Virginia Foxx Republican Elected U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx Republican

See also: North Carolina's 5th congressional district

Republican Virginia Foxx, who had represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election. The 5th district was made slightly more favorable to Democrats in redistricting, but continued to strongly favor Republicans.^[4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Virginia Foxx, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Elisabeth Motsinger, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board-member^[35]

Eliminated in primary

• Bruce Peller, dentist^[36]

Withdrawn

• Treva Johnson, Wilkes County Democratic chairwoman^{[37][38][better source needed]}

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elisabeth Motsinger	38,512	69.7
	Democratic	Bruce G. Peller	16,716	30.3
Total votes			55,228	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Virginia Foxx (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[19]
• Maggie's List^[21]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• Susan B. Anthony List^[24]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Elisabeth Motsinger (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• National Education Association

Results

North Carolina's 5th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virginia Foxx (incumbent)	200,945	57.5
	Democratic	Elisabeth Motsinger	148,252	42.5
Total votes			349,197	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

2012 North Carolina's 6th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Howard Coble Tony Foriest Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 222,116 142,467 Percentage 60.9% 39.1%

U.S. Representative before election Howard Coble Republican Elected U.S. Representative Howard Coble Republican

See also: North Carolina's 6th congressional district

Republican Howard Coble, who had represented North Carolina's 6th congressional district since 1985, ran for re-election.^[39] The 6th district was expected to continue to strongly favor Republicans.^[4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Howard Coble, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Bill Flynn, former radio personality^[40]
• Billy Yow, Guilford County Commissioner^[41]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Coble (incumbent)	50,701	57.3
	Republican	Bill Flynn	19,741	22.3
	Republican	Billy Yow	18,057	20.4
Total votes			88,499	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tony Foriest, former state senator from the 24th district^[42]

General election

Endorsements

Howard Coble (R)

Organizations

• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Newspapers

• Greensboro News and Record^[43]

Tony Foriest (D)

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[13]

Results

North Carolina's 6th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard Coble (incumbent)	222,116	60.9
	Democratic	Anthony Foriest	142,467	39.1
Total votes			364,583	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2012 North Carolina's 7th congressional district election

← 2010 November 6, 2012 2014 →

Nominee Mike McIntyre David Rouzer Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 168,695 168,041 Percentage 50.1% 49.9%

County results McIntyre:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80% Rouzer:      50–60%      60-70%

U.S. Representative before election Mike McIntyre Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre Democratic

See also: North Carolina's 7th congressional district

The home of Democrat Mike McIntyre, who has represented North Carolina's 7th congressional district since 1997, was drawn into the 8th district in redistricting. McIntyre, who had briefly considered running for governor following Bev Perdue's announcement that she would not seek re-election,^[44] decided to seek re-election in the newly redrawn 7th district.^[45] The district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting: 58% of its residents voted for Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.^[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mike McIntyre, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Rouzer, state senator from the 12th district

Eliminated in primary

• Randy Crow, Business executive
• Ilario Pantano, retired U.S. Marine and nominee for this district in 2010

Withdrawn

• Timothy Alan Wilkes

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer	34,647	48.5
	Republican	Ilario Gregory Pantano	31,752	44.5
	Republican	Randy Crow	5,012	7.0
Total votes			71,411	100.0

General election

Campaign

McIntyre was heavily targeted by Republicans, especially after the GOP-controlled North Carolina General Assembly had redrawn congressional boundaries to put his home in Robeson County into the 8th district, something that McIntyre accused the GOP of doing “solely for the reason of giving my opponent a seat in Congress”.^[46]

Nearly $9 million was spent by both parties,^[47] with McIntyre airing ads stating he was a "strong conservative and Christian who walks his faith every day" and Rouzer trying to tie McIntyre to his votes for Nancy Pelosi and for the stimulus.

Endorsements

Mike McIntyre (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• National Education Association
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]
• United Steelworkers

Organizations

• Blue Dog Coalition^[48]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program^[49]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[50]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[51][22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[52][23]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[53][25]

Newspapers

• Star-News^[54]
• Tabor-Loris Tribune
• The Robesonian
• Wilmington Journal
• Wilmington Morning Star

David Rouzer (R)

U.S. senators

• Lauch Faircloth, former U.S. Senator (1993–1999)

U.S. representatives

• Renee Ellmers, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district (2011–present)^[55]
• Patrick McHenry, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 10th congressional district (2005–present)^[56]

Statewide officials

• Steve Troxler, North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture (2005–present)

State legislators

• Phil Berger, President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (2011–present)
• Thom Goolsby, state senator from the 9th district (2011–present)
• W. Brent Jackson, state senator from the 10th district (2011–present)
• Bill Rabon, state senator from the 8th district (2011–present)
• Thom Tillis, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2011–present)

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[57][58]
• Tea Party Express^[59]

Local officials

• Pat McCrory, Mayor of Charlotte (1995–2009) and nominee for Governor in 2008 & 2012.

Individuals

• Dorothy Helms, widow of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms

McIntyre was the lone Democratic federal candidate endorsed by National Right to Life Committee in this election cycle.^[60]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mike McIntyre (D)	David Rouzer (R)	Undecided
Wenzel Strategies[61]	October 23–24, 2012	600	± 3.98%	39%	45%	17%
North Star Opinion Research (R-YG Action)[62]	August 12–13, 2012	400	± 4.9%	49%	40%	11%
Grove Insight[63]	July 26–29, 2012	400	± 4.9%	52%	34%	13%
Public Opinion Strategies Rouzer (R)[64]	July 22–23, 2012	400	± 4.9%	44%	40%	15%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[65]	Tossup	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[66]	Tossup	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[67]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[68]	Lean D	November 5, 2012
NY Times[69]	Lean D	November 4, 2012
RCP[70]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
The Hill[71]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

The election outcome left McIntyre the winner by 655 votes. A recount requested by Rouzer began on November 26, 2012; two days later, Rouzer conceded the race to McIntyre.^[72][73] This was the closest House race in 2012.

North Carolina's 7th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	168,695	50.1
	Republican	David Rouzer	168,041	49.9
Total votes			336,736	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

2012 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Richard Hudson Larry Kissell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 160,695 137,139 Percentage 53.2% 45.4%

U.S. Representative before election Larry Kissell Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Richard Hudson Republican

See also: North Carolina's 8th congressional district

Democrat Larry Kissell, who had represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2009, ran for re-election.^[74] The home of Kissell's fellow Democrat Mike McIntyre, who has represented the 7th district since 1997, was drawn into the 8th district in redistricting, but McIntyre sought re-election in the 7th district. The 8th district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting: only 42% of its residents voted for Democratic nominee Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.^[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Larry Kissell, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Marcus Williams, attorney and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2008^[75]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Kissell (incumbent)	45,987	72.6
	Democratic	Marcus Williams	17,393	27.4
Total votes			63,380	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Richard Hudson, former U.S. Representative Robin Hayes' district director^[76]

Eliminated in primary

• Scott Keadle, former Iredell County Commissioner^[4]
• Vernon Robinson, former Winston-Salem city council member and nominee for the 13th district in 2006^[77][78]
• Fred Steen, state representative^[79]
• John Whitley, neurosurgeon^[78]

Withdrawn

• Daniel Barry, insurance executive^[80][81]

Declined

• Justin Burr, state representative^[4][74]
• Jerry Dockham, state representative^[82]
• Pat Molamphy, businessman^[74]
• Harold Johnson, sportscaster and candidate for this district in 2010^[83]

Endorsements

Scott Keadle (R)

Organizations

• Club for Growth^[84]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Hudson	21,451	32.1
	Republican	Scott Keadle	14,687	22.0
	Republican	Vernon Robinson	12,181	18.2
	Republican	Fred F. Steen II	9,670	14.4
	Republican	John M. Whitley	8,894	13.3
Total votes			67,277	100.0

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Hudson	10,699	63.6
	Republican	Scott Keadle	6,118	36.4
Total votes			16,817	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Larry Kissell (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• International Association of Fire Fighters^[85]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[9]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• National Education Association
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]
• United Steelworkers

Organizations

• Alliance for Retired Americans^[86]
• Blue Dog Coalition^[48]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Frontline" Program^[49]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[87]

Richard Hudson (R)

U.S. senators

• Lauch Faircloth, former U.S. Senator (1993–1999)
• Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1993–2007) and candidate for President in 2012^[88]

U.S. representatives

• Virginia Foxx, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 5th congressional district (2005–present)
• Mike Conaway, U.S. Representative from Texas's 11th congressional district (2005–present)
• Paul Ryan, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district (1999–present)^[85]

Statewide officials

• James G. Martin, former Governor of North Carolina (1985–1993)
• Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas (1996–2007) and candidate for President in 2008^[89]

State legislators

• Fred Steen, state representative (2004–present)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[19]
• Gun Owners of America^[90]
• Huck PAC
• National Association of Realtors^[85]
• National Federation of Independent Business^[91]
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[58]
• National Right to Life Committee^[92][23]
• Tea Party Express^[59]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[93][25]

Newspapers

• The Charlotte Observer

Local officials

• Pat McCrory, Mayor of Charlotte (1995–2009) and nominee for Governor in 2008 & 2012^[85]

Individuals

• Dorothy Helms, widow of U.S. Senator Jesse Helms^[85]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Larry Kissell (D)	Richard Hudson (R)	Undecided
Anzalone Liszt Research Kissell (D)[94]	September 25–27, 2012	400	±4.9%	40%	39%	21%
NRCC[95]	September 25, 2012	784	±3.5%	41%	50%	9%
Anzalone Liszt Research Kissell (D)[96]	August 6–9, 2012	500	±4.4%	43%	39%	18%
Anzalone Liszt Research Kissell (D)[97]	March 15–20, 2012	500	±4.4%	46%	36%	18%

Debates

• Complete video of debate, September 24, 2012

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[65]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[66]	Likely R (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[67]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[68]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
NY Times[69]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
RCP[70]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[71]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012

Result

North Carolina's 8th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Hudson	160,695	53.2
	Democratic	Larry Kissell (incumbent)	137,139	45.4
	Independent	Antonio Blue (write-in)	3,990	1.3
	Write-in		456	0.1
Total votes			302,280	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 9

2012 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Robert Pittenger Jennifer Roberts Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 194,537 171,503 Percentage 51.8% 45.7%

U.S. Representative before election Sue Myrick Republican Elected U.S. Representative Robert Pittenger Republican

See also: North Carolina's 9th congressional district

Republican Sue Myrick, who had represented North Carolina's 9th congressional district since 1995, did not seek another term.^[98] Curtis Campbell ran as the Libertarian nominee.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robert Pittenger, former state senator from the 39th district and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2008^[99]

Eliminated in primary

• Dan Barry, mayor pro tem of Weddington^[100]
• Andy Dulin, member of Charlotte City Council^[101]
• Jon Gauthier, financial adviser^[102]
• Ric Killian, former state representative^[103]
• Ken Leonwyzk, lawyer and ordained minister
• Richard Lynch, business owner
• Edwin Peacock, member of Charlotte City Council^[103][104]
• Jim Pendergraph, Mecklenburg County Commissioner^[100]
• Michael Steinberg, businessman^[105]

Withdrawn

• Michael Schaffer, real estate broker (endorsed Barry)^[106]

Declined

• Sue Myrick, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Bob Rucho, state senator from the 39th district^[107]

In the Republican primary, Pittenger and Pendergraph qualified for the runoff election, earning 33% and 25% of the vote, respectively. On July 17, Pittenger won the primary runoff.^[108]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger	29,999	32.4
	Republican	Jim Pendergraph	23,401	25.3
	Republican	Edwin B. Peacock III	11,336	12.3
	Republican	Ric Killian	9,691	10.5
	Republican	Dan Barry	5,515	6.0
	Republican	Andy Dulin	4,526	4.9
	Republican	Mike Steinberg	2,297	2.5
	Republican	Jon Gauthier	2,056	2.2
	Republican	Ken Leonczyk	2,047	2.2
	Republican	Richard Lynch	1,000	1.1
	Republican	Michael Shaffer (withdrew)	579	0.6
Total votes			92,447	100.0

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger	18,982	52.9
	Republican	Jim Pendergraph	16,902	47.1
Total votes			35,884	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jennifer Roberts, Mecklenburg County Commissioner^[109]

Declined

• Patrick Cannon, mayor pro tem of Charlotte^[110]

General election

Endorsements

Robert Pittenger (R)

Statewide officials

• Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas (1996–2007) and candidate for President in 2008^[111]

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[112]
• FreedomWorks
• Huck PAC
• National Federation of Independent Business
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Jennifer Roberts (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]

Organizations

• Sierra Club

Newspapers

• The Charlotte Observer^[113]

Local officials

• Lynda Paxton, Republican Mayor of Stallings

Individuals

• Hugh McColl, former Chairman and CEO of Bank of America

Results

North Carolina's 9th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pittenger	194,537	51.8
	Democratic	Jennifer Roberts	171,503	45.6
	Libertarian	Curtis Campbell	9,650	2.6
Total votes			375,690	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

2014 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election

← 2012 2016 →

Nominee Patrick McHenry Patsy Keever Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 190,826 144,023 Percentage 57.0% 43.0%

U.S. Representative before election Patrick McHenry Republican Elected U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry Republican

See also: North Carolina's 10th congressional district

Republican Patrick McHenry, who has represented North Carolina's 10th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election. Though the 10th district was made more favorable to Democrats in redistricting, it was expected to continue to strongly favor Republicans.^[4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Patrick McHenry, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Ken Fortenberry, newspaper publisher
• Don Peterson^[114]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	58,844	72.5
	Republican	Ken H. Fortenberry	15,936	19.7
	Republican	Don Peterson	6,337	7.8
Total votes			81,117	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Patsy Keever, state representative^[115]

Eliminated in primary

• Terry Bellamy, mayor of Asheville^[114]
• Timothy Murphy^[116]

Withdrawn

• Heath Wynn, adjunct professor at Catawba Valley Community College^[117][118]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patsy Keever	36,791	57.9
	Democratic	Terry Michelle Bellamy	16,865	26.5
	Democratic	Timothy Murphy	9,908	15.6
Total votes			63,564	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Patrick McHenry (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[19]
• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Patsy Keever (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• National Education Association

Organizations

• Democracy for America^[119]
• National Organization for Women^[120]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[34]
• Sierra Club^[121]

Results

North Carolina's 10th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	190,826	57.0
	Democratic	Patsy Keever	144,023	43.0
Total votes			334,849	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

2012 North Carolina's 11th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Mark Meadows Hayden Rogers Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 190,319 141,107 Percentage 57.4% 42.6%

U.S. Representative before election Heath Shuler Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Mark Meadows Republican

See also: North Carolina's 11th congressional district

Democrat Heath Shuler, who had represented North Carolina's 11th congressional district since 2007, chose not to run for re-election.^{[122] [123]} The 11th district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting: more than three-quarters of voters in Asheville were removed from the district, while Avery, Burke, Caldwell and Mitchell counties, all of which favor Republicans, were added to it.^[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Hayden Rogers, Rep. Shuler's former chief of staff^[124]

Eliminated in primary

• Cecil Bothwell, Asheville city council-member^[125]
• Tom Hill, retired defense industry worker^[126]

Declined

• Heath Shuler, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hayden Rogers	35,518	55.7
	Democratic	Cecil Bothwell	19,161	30.1
	Democratic	Tom Hill	9,049	14.2
Total votes			63,728	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mark Meadows, real estate investor^[127]

Eliminated in primary

• Spence Campbell, retired U.S. Army colonel and nominee for this district in 2008^[4][128]
• Susan Harris, accountant
• Jeff Hunt, Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties district attorney^[4][129]
• Vance Patterson, business owner and Tea Party member^[127]
• Chris Petrella, economic development consultant^[127]
• Kenny West, Clay County Republican Party chairman^[123]
• Ethan Wingfield, businessman^[123]

Withdrawn

• Dan Eichenbaum, ophthalmologist^{[4][128][130]}

Declined

• Jeff Miller, businessman and nominee for this district in 2010^[131]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Meadows	35,733	37.8
	Republican	Vance Patterson	22,306	23.6
	Republican	Jeff Hunt	13,353	14.2
	Republican	Ethan Wingfield	10,697	11.3
	Republican	Susan Harris	5,825	6.2
	Republican	Kenny West	3,970	4.2
	Republican	Spence Campbell	1,799	1.9
	Republican	Chris Petrella	778	0.8
Total votes			94,461	100.0

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Meadows	17,520	76.2
	Republican	Vance Patterson	5,471	23.8
Total votes			22,991	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Hayden Rogers (D)

U.S. representatives

• Heath Shuler, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (2007–present)^[132]

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• National Education Association
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11][133]
• United Steelworkers

Organizations

• Blue Dog Coalition^[134]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[135]
• Sierra Club^[121]

Mark Meadows (R)

U.S. representatives

• Patrick McHenry, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 10th congressional district (2005–present)^[136]

State legislators

• Jim Jacumin, state senator from the 44th district (2005–2011)
• Phillip Frye, state representative (2003–present)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[19]
• Eagle Forum^[112]
• Family Research Council
• National Federation of Independent Business
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[58]
• National Right to Life Committee^[23]
• Tea Party Express^[59]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[65]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[66]	Likely R (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[67]	Safe R (flip)	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[68]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
NY Times[69]	Lean R (flip)	November 4, 2012
RCP[70]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[71]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012

Results

North Carolina's 11th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Meadows	190,319	57.4
	Democratic	Hayden Rogers	141,107	42.6
Total votes			331,426	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 12

2012 North Carolina's 12th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 (special) →

Nominee Mel Watt Jack Brosch Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 247,591 63,317 Percentage 79.6% 20.4%

U.S. Representative before election Mel Watt Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Mel Watt Democratic

See also: North Carolina's 12th congressional district

Democrat Mel Watt, who has represented North Carolina's 12th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.^[137] The 12th district was made more favorable to Democrats in redistricting.^[4]

Watt faced Republican Jack Brosch ^[138] and Libertarian Lon Cecil in the general election in November.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mel Watt, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Matt Newton, attorney and former Occupy movement protester^[139]

Declined

• Melvin Alston, Guilford County Commissioner^[140]

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Watt (incumbent)	52,968	80.9
	Democratic	Matt Newton	12,495	19.1
Total votes			65,463	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jack Brosch, business owner

General election

Endorsements

Melvin Watt (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[10]
• National Education Association
• North Carolina Association of Educators^[11]
• United Steelworkers

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign^[33]
• J Street^[141]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[34]
• Sierra Club

Newspapers

• Greensboro News and Record^[43]
• The Charlotte Observer

Results

North Carolina's 12th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melvin Watt (incumbent)	247,591	79.6
	Republican	Jack Brosch	63,317	20.4
Total votes			310,908	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

2012 North Carolina's 13th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee George Holding Charles Malone Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 210,495 160,115 Percentage 56.8% 43.2%

U.S. Representative before election Brad Miller Democratic Elected U.S. Representative George Holding Republican

See also: North Carolina's 13th congressional district

Democrat Brad Miller, who had represented North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2003, did not seek re-election.^[142] The 13th district was made more favorable to Republicans in redistricting.^[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Charles Malone, state employee and nominee for state senate's 15th district in 2010.

Eliminated in primary

• Bernard Holliday, Baptist minister^[143]

Declined

• Brad Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Malone	45,865	66.9
	Democratic	Bernard Holliday	22,703	33.1
Total votes			68,568	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• George Holding, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina^[144]

Eliminated in primary

• Paul Coble, Wake County Commissioner^[145]
• Bill Randall, U.S. Navy retiree and nominee for this district in 2010^[146][4]

Declined

• Phil Berger Jr., Rockingham County district attorney^[147]
• B.J. Lawson, entrepreneur, chief software architect and nominee for the 4th district in 2008 and 2010;^[148]
• Vernon Robinson, former Winston-Salem city council member and nominee for this district in 2006 (running in the 8th district)^[149]
• Nathan Tabor, candidate for the 5th district in 2004;^[150]

Primary results

Republican primary results^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Holding	37,341	43.5
	Republican	Paul Coble	29,354	34.2
	Republican	Bill Randall	19,119	22.3
Total votes			85,814	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Charles Malone (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[8]

Newspapers

• Indy Week^[13][151]

George Holding (R)

Statewide officials

• I. Beverly Lake Jr., Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2001–2006) and nominee for Governor in 1980.

State legislators

• N. Leo Daughtry, state representative (1993–2017) and candidate for Governor in 2000.

Organizations

• NRA Political Victory Fund^[22]
• United States Chamber of Commerce^[25]

Newspapers

• Raleigh News & Observer^[26]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[65]	Likely R (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[66]	Safe R (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[67]	Safe R (flip)	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[68]	Safe R (flip)	November 5, 2012
NY Times[69]	Lean R (flip)	November 4, 2012
RCP[70]	Safe R (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[71]	Likely R (flip)	November 4, 2012

Results

North Carolina's 13th congressional district, 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Holding	210,495	56.8
	Democratic	Charles Malone	160,115	43.2
Total votes			370,610	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• Gerrymandering

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External links

• North Carolina State Board of Elections
• United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2012 at Ballotpedia
• North Carolina U.S. House at OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in North Carolina from OpenSecrets
• Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation