2012_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election

2012 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
	County results; Forest: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Coleman: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Lieutenant Governor before election; Walter Dalton; Democratic	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Dan Forest; Republican

2012 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election

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The 2012 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the other elections to the Council of State and the gubernatorial election. Primary elections were held May 8. The offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor are elected independently. The incumbent, Lt. Gov. Walter H. Dalton, announced on Jan. 26, 2012 that he would run for Governor.^[1]

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In the general election, Republican Dan Forest won 50.08% of the vote, narrowly defeating Democrat Linda Coleman.^[2] The election result was in doubt for almost two weeks after Election Day, and was within the margin in which Coleman could ask for a recount, but she chose not to do so on Nov. 19.^[3]

When he took office in January 2013, Forest became the state's first Republican lieutenant governor since Jim Gardner left office two decades earlier.

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Linda Coleman	Eric Mansfield	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	May 5–6, 2012	500	± 3.1%	41%	23%	36%
Survey USA	April 26–30, 2012	560	± 4.2%	41%	23%	36%
Public Policy Polling	April 27–29, 2012	500	± 4.4%	39%	18%	43%
Public Policy Polling	April 20–22, 2012	500	± 4.4%	28%	16%	56%
Public Policy Polling	March 23–25, 2012	505	± 4.36%	26%	14%	59%
Public Policy Polling	February 29 – March 1, 2012	499	± 4.4%	25%	15%	61%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman	483,905	56.1
	Democratic	Eric Mansfield	378,635	43.9
Total votes			862,540	100.0

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dale Folwell	Dan Forest	Tony Gurley	Grey Mills	Arthur Rich	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	May 5–6, 2012	496	± 4.4%	22%	17%	18%	9%	2%	32%
Survey USA	April 26–30, 2012	451	± 4.7%	13%	17%	12%	11%	5%	41%
Public Policy Polling	April 27–29, 2012	486	± 4.4%	20%	15%	11%	10%	3%	40%
Public Policy Polling	April 20–22, 2012	521	± 4.3%	15%	12%	12%	8%	2%	51%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Forest	251,885	32.9
	Republican	Tony Gurley	189,954	24.9
	Republican	Dale Folwell	185,535	24.3
	Republican	Grey Mills	112,063	14.7
	Republican	Arthur Jason Rich	25,015	3.3
Total votes			764,452	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Forest	101,428	67.9
	Republican	Tony Gurley	47,978	32.1
Total votes			149,406	100.0

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Linda Coleman (D)	Dan Forest (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	November 3–4, 2012	926	± 3.2%	44%	45%	11%
Public Policy Polling	October 29–31, 2012	730	± 3.6%	41%	43%	16%
Public Policy Polling	October 12–14, 2012	1,084	± 3%	37%	38%	26%
Civitas/National Research, Inc.	September 18–19, 2012	600	± 4%	43%	39%	18%
Public Policy Polling	August 31 – September 1, 2012	1,012	± 3.1%	41%	39%	20%
Public Policy Polling	August 2–5, 2012	813	± 3.4%	37%	38%	26%
Public Policy Polling	May 10–13, 2012	666	± 3.8%	41%	40%	20%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Forest	2,187,728	50.08%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman	2,180,870	49.92%
Total votes			4,368,598	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic