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was held on September 10, 2019 to fill the vacancy in in the

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for the remainder of the

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, the

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representative, died on February 10, 2019. Parties held primaries to decide their nominees. In order to win a party nomination outright, under current state law, a candidate must exceed 30% of the vote to avoid a

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(presuming that the second-place finisher calls for that runoff). There must be 30 days of absentee voting prior to each election, according to state law. Filing began on March 4 and ended March 8, as set by Governor

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. Twenty-six candidates filed with the State Board of Elections by the filing deadline: 17 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 2

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, and 1 Constitution Party candidate. All candidates filed are affiliated with a political party. Five candidates advanced after the first primary elections: two Republicans, one Democrat, one Libertarian, and one Constitution Party candidate. Cooper set the primary date of April 30, in which the Democrats selected Allen M. Thomas,

selected Tim Harris, and in the Constitution Party primary businessman Greg Holt won by default, but no

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achieved 30% of the vote. Voting for the Republican primary runoff occurred on Tuesday, July 9, between two candidates that are both physicians,

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and Joan Perry. Approximately 70 minutes after polls closed, Murphy was declared the winner by the

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. The general election was held on September 10, 2019. Murphy won the seat. With the decision by the State Board of Elections to hold a new election to redo the 2018 U.S. House election in North Carolina's 9th district, this became one of two congressional district special elections in North Carolina in 2019, the other being the 9th district's special election held on the same day. This was the first time two U.S. House special elections were held in the same state on the same day (not on

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) since the May 3, 2008, elections in Louisiana's 1st district and 6th district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, member of the

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from the 9th District

Eliminated in runoff

*Joan Perry, pediatrician

Eliminated in primary

*Kevin Baiko, doctor *Paul Beaumont, Currituck County Commissioner *Graham Boyd, farmer *Celeste Cairns, accountant *Gary Ceres, library technician *Chimer Davis Clark Jr., small businessman *Don Cox, singer *Francis De Luca, former president of

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*Phil Law, Marine Corps veteran and candidate for U.S. Representative in

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and

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*Jeff Moore, small businessman *Michele Nix, Vice Chair of the

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*Mike Payment, Currituck County Commissioner *Eric Rouse, Lenoir County Commissioner *

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, member of the

from the 15th district * Michael Speciale, member of the

from the 3rd district

Declined

* Harry Brown, member of the

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from the 6th District and incumbent North Carolina Senate Majority Leader * George G. Cleveland, member of the

from the 14th District *Scott Dacey, former Vice-Chairman of the

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Board of Commissioners and candidate for U.S. Representative in

*Pete Gilbert,

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, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

* Ed Goodwin, member of the

from the 1st District *Taylor Griffin, former aide to

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and candidate for U.S. Representative in

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and

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, member of the

from the 6th District *

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, member of the

from the 12th District * Keith Kidwell, member of the

from the 79th District *

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, member of the

from the 13th District *Joe McLaughlin, former

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Commissioner, candidate for U.S. Representative in

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, candidate for

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, and candidate for State Representative in 2018 *Carl Mischka, chairman of the 3rd Congressional District Republican Party Executive Committee *Frank Palombo, candidate for U.S. Representative in

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* Norman W. Sanderson, member of the

from the 2nd district *Sandy Smith, small businesswoman *

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, member of the

from the 1st District *Paul Wright, Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Area 5 Dare County

Endorsements

First round

Polling

Results

Runoff

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Allen Thomas, former mayor of Greenville and executive director of

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Eliminated

*Richard Bew, former U.S. Marine Corps colonel *Gregory Humphrey, former journalist *Ike Johnson, Democratic nominee for State House district 14 in 2018 *Dana Outlaw, mayor of

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*Ernest T. Reeves, Democratic nominee for

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in 2016

Declined

*Ollie Nelson, retired U.S. Marine, educator, and pastor *George Parrott, businessman * Scott Thomas, District Attorney for North Carolina's 4th prosecutorial district

Endorsements

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

*Shannon Bray, U.S. Navy veteran, author, cybersecurity expert *Tim Harris, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, IT engineer, candidate for

for the 2nd district in 2018

Results

Constitution primary

Candidates

Nominee (by default)

*Greg Holt, businessman

General election

During the early voting period for this election,

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battered the eastern coast of the United States, necessitating early voting to be halted in several counties on the

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until the storm had passed. This also happened in the

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for

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Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;with generic Republican and generic Democrat

Fundraising

Results

Despite the clear victory, 61.7% is the lowest Republican vote share in this district since

Notes

;Partisan clients ;Additional candidates

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Greg Holt (C) for Congress

Greg Murphy (R) for Congress

Allen Thomas (D) for Congress
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

First round

Polling

Results

Runoff

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated

Declined

Endorsements

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Constitution primary

Candidates

Nominee (by default)

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Fundraising

Results

See also

Notes

References

External links