The following are the North Carolina March 3 primary results for the state’s 14 congressional districts. There are primary races in all but the 2nd District.
This article will be updated as results are released by the N.C. State Board of Elections as they appear on the election results dashboard. All results are still unofficial.
District 1: Seat held by Democrat Rep. Don Davis
Republican candidates: Asa Buck, Laurie Buckhout, Bobby Hanig, Eric Rouse, Ashley-Nicole Russell.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Laurie Buckhout. Unofficially, she took in 26,542, or 39.52%, of all votes cast in the race.
District 2: Seat held by Democratic Rep. Deborah Ross
No primary races.
District 3: Seat held by Republican Rep. Greg Murphy
Democratic candidates: Allison Jaslow, Raymond Smith.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Raymond Smith, who unofficially received 23,438, or more than 56%, of all votes cast in the contest.
District 4: Seat held by Democratic Rep. Valerie Foushee
Democratic candidates: Foushee, Nida Allam, Mary Patterson.
WINNER: Foushee received 61,537 votes to Allam’s 60,335 with all precincts reporting. That’s a vote difference of 1,202 in Foushee’s favor. The margin difference between the two is 0.96%. Unofficially, Foushee stands at 49.18% and Allam at 48.22% of the vote.
The race will likely come down to provisional ballots, which are expected to be report by noon on Thursday, per the State Board of Elections. If still behind with a 1% margin or less, Allam is calling for a recall, according to the UNC Chapel Hill newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.
District 5: Seat held by Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx
Republican candidates: Foxx, Steve Girard, Joey Osborne and Roman “Chad” Williams II.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Foxx, who took in 53,457, or 74.55%, of all votes cast in the contest.
Democratic candidates: Kyah Creekmore, Chuck Hubbard.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Hubbard, who garnered 25,546 votes, or 56.73%, of all votes cast in the race.
District 6: Seat held by Republican Rep. Addison McDowell
Democratic candidates: Beau Blair, Keith Davenport, Cyril Jefferson, Alysa Kassay.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Cyril Jefferson. He received 15,237, or 39.17%, of the vote count.
District 7: Seat held by Republican Rep. David Rouzer
Republican candidates: Rouzer, David Buzzard.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Rouzer. The incumbent received a commanding 80.48% of the votes cast (43,399).
District 8: Seat held by Rep. Mark Harris
Democratic candidates: Kevin Clark, Jessie Oppenheim, Colby Watson.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Watson, who came in with 18,205, or 47.91%, of the total votes cast.
District 9: Seat held by Republican Richard Hudson
Democratic candidates: Loren Bibler, Nigel Bristow, Lent Carr II, Richard Ojeda II.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Ojeda, who received 18,437, or 41.79%, of the votes cast.
District 10: Seat held by Republican Pat Harrigan
Republican candidates: Harrigan, Matthew Sin.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Harrigan, who received 46,181 votes, translating to a vote percentage of 87.69%.
Democratic candidates: Ashley Bell, West Caudle, Harry Morley, Marcus Pearson, Ralph Scott, Jr., Mir Yarfitz.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Bell, who won the majority of votes in the race with 19,369, or 47.28%.
District 11: Seat held by Republican Chuck Edwards
Republican candidates: Edwards, Adam Smith.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Rep. Chuck Edwards, who defeated Smith with 70.09% of the vote.
Democratic candidates: Jamie Ager, Zelda Briarwood, Richard Hudspeth, Paul Maddox, Lee Whipple.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Ager. He received 49,077 votes, or 64.69%, of all votes cast. The next closest candidate was Hudspeth with 15.85%.
District 12: Seat held by Democrat Rep. Alma Adams
Democratic candidates: Adams, Monaca Maye Williamson
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Adams, who took in 78.95% of the vote.
Republican candidates: Addul Ali, Jack Codiga.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Codiga, who beat Ali with 67.33% of the vote.
District 13: Seat held by Republican Brad Knott
Republican candidates: Knott, Sid Sharma.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Knott, who defeated Sharma with 89.93% of the vote.
Democratic candidates: Paul Barringer, Alexander Nicholi, Frank Pierce.
WINNER: Barringer emerged the winner with 29,661, or 59.10%, of all votes cast in the contest.
District 14: Seat held by Republican Tim Moore
Republican candidates: Moore, Katie Barr.
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Moore, who garnered 42,434 votes (83.02%) to Barr’s 8,680 (16.98%).
Democratic candidates: Brent Caldwell, Ahmid Kargbo, Lakesha Womack
WINNER: The Associated Press called the race for Womack, who took in 20,586, or 52.21%, of all votes cast.
Provisional ballot counting is expected to begin Mar. 6.
If no candidate receives more than 30% of the vote in their contest, a runoff can be requested with the top two vote earning candidates competing in an election to be held on May 12.
Mandatory recounts may occur for statewide races if the margin between the top two candidates in a race is 0.5% of the votes cast (or less), or 10,000 votes, whichever is smaller. For local and municipal races, the recount threshold is 1%.
