2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina

2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina
	Burr: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Marshall: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50%
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2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina

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The 2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 2, 2010. The filing deadline for the primaries was February 26; the primaries were held on May 4, with a Democratic primary runoff held on June 22.^[1] Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Richard Burr won re-election to a second term. Burr is the first incumbent to win re-election for this seat since Sam Ervin's last re-election in 1968.^[2]

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Burr was the first Republican re-elected to this seat. Burr's 54.8% also represented the highest vote share a North Carolina Republican received since the state began directly electing its senators.

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Poll source	Dates administered	Elaine Marshall	Cal Cunningham	Kenneth Lewis
Marshall	December 1, 2009	42%	5%	7%
Public Policy Polling	February 15, 2010	29%	12%	5%
Public Policy Polling	March 12–15, 2010	20%	16%	11%
Public Policy Polling	April 8–11, 2010	23%	17%	9%
WRAL-TV/SurveyUSA	April 25, 2010	23%	19%	10%
Public Policy Polling	April 27, 2010	26%	23%	7%
Public Policy Polling	May 1–2, 2010	28%	21%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	May 4, 2010	42%	37%	––
Public Policy Polling	May 8–10, 2010	36%	36%	––

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Marshall	154,605	36.4%
	Democratic	Cal Cunningham	115,851	27.3%
	Democratic	Ken Lewis	72,510	17.1%
	Democratic	Marcus W. Williams	35,984	8.5%
	Democratic	Susan Harris	29,738	7.0%
	Democratic	Ann Worthy	16,655	3.9%
Total votes			425,343	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Marshall	95,390	60.0%
	Democratic	Cal Cunningham	63,691	40.0%
Total votes			159,081	100.0%

Poll source	Dates administered	Richard Burr	Brad Jones	Eddie Burks
Public Policy Polling	February 15, 2010	55%	10%	3%
Public Policy Polling	March 12–15, 2010	58%	5%	4%
Public Policy Polling	April 8–11, 2010	67%	7%	3%
Survey USA	April 26, 2010	59%	6%	3%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Burr (incumbent)	297,993	80.1%
	Republican	Brad Jones	37,616	10.1%
	Republican	Eddie Burks	22,111	5.9%
	Republican	Larry Linney	14,248	3.8%
Total votes			371,968	100.0%

2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina

2010 United States Senate election in North Carolina

Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Results

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Fundraising

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report^[22]	Likely R	October 26, 2010
Rothenberg^[23]	Likely R	October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics^[24]	Likely R	October 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[25]	Likely R	October 21, 2010
CQ Politics^[26]	Likely R	October 26, 2010

Poll source	Dates administered	MoE	Richard Burr (R)	Elaine Marshall (D)	Michael Beitler (L)
Public Policy Polling	March 12–15, 2009	± 3.1%	43%	35%	––
Public Policy Polling	August 4–10, 2009	± 3.6%	43%	31%	––
Public Policy Polling	September 2–8, 2009	± 4.0%	42%	31%	––
Rasmussen Reports	September 15, 2009	± 4.5%	48%	38%	––
Public Policy Polling	October 2–4, 2009	± 3.8%	44%	32%	––
Public Policy Polling	November 9–11, 2009	± 3.7%	45%	34%	––
Public Policy Polling	December 11–13, 2009	± 4.0%	42%	37%	––
Public Policy Polling	January 15–18, 2010	± 3.8%	44%	37%	––
Rasmussen Reports	January 27, 2010	± 4.5%	47%	37%	––
Public Policy Polling	February 12–15, 2010	± 3.5%	43%	33%	––
Rasmussen Reports	February 23, 2010	± 4.5%	50%	34%	––
Rasmussen Reports	March 22, 2010	± 4.5%	51%	35%	––
Rasmussen Reports	April 19, 2010	± 4.5%	50%	32%	––
Rasmussen Reports	May 5, 2010	± 4.5%	48%	40%	––
Public Policy Polling	May 8–10, 2010	± 3.9%	43%	42%	––
Rasmussen Reports	June 3, 2010	± 3.0%	50%	36%	––
Public Policy Polling	June 4–6, 2010	± 3.9%	46%	39%	––
Rasmussen Reports	June 23, 2010	± 4.5%	44%	43%	––
SurveyUSA	June 23–24, 2010	± 4.0%	50%	40%	6%
Public Policy Polling	June 26–27, 2010	± 4.4%	38%	33%	10%
Rasmussen Reports	July 6, 2010	± 4.5%	52%	37%	––
Survey USA	July 8–11, 2010	± 4.2%	46%	36%	6%
Lake Research	July 15–19, 2010	± 4.0%	35%	37%	5%
Public Policy Polling	July 27–31, 2010	± 3.9%	39%	37%	7%
Rasmussen Reports	August 3, 2010	± 4.5%	49%	40%	––
Public Policy Polling	August 27–29, 2010	± 3.6%	43%	38%	6%
Rasmussen Reports	September 8, 2010	± 4.5%	54%	38%	––
SurveyUSA	September 14, 2010	± 4.1%	58%	32%	6%
Civitas	September 15–17, 2010	± 4.0%	49%	29%	3%
Public Polling Policy	September 23–26, 2010	± 3.8%	49%	36%	4%
High Point University	September 25–30, 2010	± 5.0%	45%	31%	4%
Rasmussen Reports	October 12, 2010	± 4.5%	52%	38%	––
Public Policy Polling	October 15–17, 2010	± 4.0%	48%	40%	3%
SurveyUSA	October 22–25, 2010	± 4.1%	53%	38%	5%
Public Policy Polling	October 29–31, 2010	± 3.4%	52%	40%	2%

Candidate (party)	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt
Richard Burr (R)	$8,444,115	$8,735,725	$1,600,695	$0
Elaine Marshall (D)	$2,561,900	$2,229,840	$329,886	$71,500
Michael Beitler (L)	$16,302	$9,951	$6,350	$11,906
Source: Federal Election Commission^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Richard Burr (incumbent)	1,458,046	54.81%	+3.21%
	Democratic	Elaine Marshall	1,145,074	43.05%	-3.97%
	Libertarian	Mike Beitler	55,682	2.09%	+0.72%
	Write-in		1,272	0.05%	+0.04%
Total votes			2,660,079	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold