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Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine North Carolina's 13 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year-terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on May 4, 2010, and primary runoff elections were held on June 22, 2010.[1]
Of the 13 elections, the races in the 2nd, 8th and 11th districts were rated as competitive by Sabato's Crystal Ball,[2][3][4] while the 2nd, 7th, 8th and 11th districts were rated as competitive by CQ Politics[5] and The Rothenberg Political Report,[6] and the 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th and 11th districts were rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report.[7] Of North Carolina's 13 incumbents, 12 were re-elected while one (Bob Etheridge of the 2nd district) unsuccessfully sought re-election.[8]
In total, seven Democrats and six Republicans were elected.[8] A total of 2,662,529 votes were cast, of which 1,440,913 (54.12 percent) were for Republican candidates, 1,204,635 (45.24 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 16,562 (0.62 percent) were for Libertarian candidates and 439 (0.02 percent) were for write-in candidates.[9] As of 2024, this is the last time the Democrats won a majority of North Carolina's congressional districts, even though they did not win the popular vote. As a result, North Carolina became one of three states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2010, the other states being Iowa and New Jersey.
- ^ "Primary Calendar". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ "North Carolina (02) House 2010". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "North Carolina (08) House 2010". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "North Carolina (11) House 2010". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "Race Ratings Chart: House". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. November 1, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "2010 competitive House race chart". The Cook Political Report. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ a b "North Carolina". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 37. Retrieved June 9, 2014.