The 2020 North Carolina Secretary of State election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the North Carolina Secretary of State, concurrently with elections for president of the United States, the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, Council of State, and other state, local and judicial elections.
Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Elaine Marshall won re-election to a seventh term in office, defeating businessman E.C. Sykes.
Democratic primary The Democratic primary for Secretary of State was cancelled. No votes were tallied, and incumbent Elaine Marshall became the Democratic nominee automatically. Candidates Nominee Elaine Marshall, incumbent secretary of state (1997–present)
Republican primary Candidates Nominee E.C. Sykes, former manufacturing CEO Eliminated in primary Chad Brown, member of the Gaston County Board of Commissioners Michael LaPaglia, museum curator and nominee for Secretary of State in 2016 Endorsements
Polling Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMargin of error ChadBrown MichaelLaPaglia E.C.Sykes UndecidedHarper Polling/Civitas Institute December 2–4, 2019 500 (LV) ± 4.38%20%4%5%71% Results
General election Post-primary endorsements
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 28, 2020 Elections Daily September 15, 2020
Polling Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMargin of error ElaineMarshall (D) E.C.Sykes (R) UndecidedCardinal Point Analytics July 13–15, 2020 547 (LV) ± 4.2%47%39%14%
Results
By congressional district Despite losing the state, Sykes won 8 of 13 congressional districts. District Marshall Sykes Representative 58% 42%G. K. Butterfield 66% 34%Deborah Ross 41% 59%Greg Murphy 68% 32%David Price 35% 65%Virginia Foxx 63% 37%Kathy Manning 44% 56%David Rouzer 49% 51%Richard Hudson 47% 53%Dan Bishop 34% 66%Patrick McHenry 44% 56%Madison Cawthorn 71% 29%Alma Adams 35% 65%Ted Budd
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