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The 2016 North Carolina election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the
Attorney General of North Carolina , concurrently with the
2016 U.S. presidential election , as well as
elections to the
United States Senate and
elections to the
United States House of Representatives and various
state and
local elections .
Incumbent
Democratic Attorney General
Roy Cooper chose not to run for re-election to a fifth term in office, and instead successfully
ran for Governor .
[1]
Primary elections were held on March 15, 2016.
Democratic former state senator
Josh Stein defeated Republican state senator
Buck Newton in the general election.
[2] With a margin of 0.4%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2016 election cycle.
Democratic primary
Attorney Tim Dunn had announced in November 2014 that he planned to run for attorney general if Roy Cooper did not run for re-election.
[3] Cooper did run for governor as expected, but Dunn did not make any further announcements and did not end up running.
Candidates
Declared
Josh Stein , former state senator and former deputy attorney general of North Carolina
[4]
Marcus Williams, attorney, candidate for U.S. Senate in
2008 and
2010 , candidate for
NC-08 in
2012 , and candidate for state senate in 2014
[5]
Declined
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Declined
Results
General election
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Josh Stein (D)
Buck Newton (R)
Other
Undecided
SurveyUSA
October 28–31, 2016
659
± 3.9%
47%
43%
—
10%
Public Policy Polling
October 21–22, 2016
875
± 3.3%
44%
39%
—
17%
Civitas Institute
October 14–18, 2016
651
± 3.1%
38%
40%
—
18%
Public Policy Polling
September 18–20, 2016
1,024
± 3.1%
39%
35%
—
25%
Civitas Institute
September 11–12, 2016
600
± 4.0%
37%
35%
—
26%
Public Policy Polling
August 5–7, 2016
830
± 3.4%
39%
38%
—
23%
Civitas Institute
June 21–26, 2016
600
± 4.0%
35%
35%
—
27%
Public Policy Polling
May 20–22, 2016
928
± 3.2%
39%
38%
—
22%
RABA Research
April 27–28, 2016
688
± 3.7%
40%
33%
—
27%
Civitas Institute
April 23–25, 2016
600
± 4.0%
37%
32%
1%
30%
Public Policy Polling
March 18–20, 2016
843
± 3.4%
38%
37%
—
24%
Results
[14]
References
^
a
b
"Attorney General Announces Candidacy For Governor" . Charlotte Observer . November 6, 2014. Archived from
the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014 .
^
"Josh Stein bests Buck Newton in attorney general race | The Wilson Times" .
Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
^
a
b
"Inside Politics: Fayetteville lawyer plans run for state attorney general" .
The Fayetteville Observer . November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014 .
^ Knopf, Taylor (September 21, 2015).
"State Sen. Josh Stein makes formal announcement for attorney general" .
The News & Observer .
Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .
^ Evans, Meghann (December 19, 2015).
"Candidates file for state, local races Friday" .
Winston-Salem Journal .
Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^
"Former Congressional candidate Tim Dunn of Fayetteville plans run for attorney general" .
The News & Observer . November 17, 2014.
Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014 .
^
"NC SBE Election Contest Details" . er.ncsbe.gov .
Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021 .
^ Campbell, Colin (March 13, 2015).
"NC Sen. Buck Newton considers run for attorney general" .
The News & Observer .
Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015 .
^ Campbell, Colin (June 1, 2015).
"NC Sen. Buck Newton to run for attorney general Sen. Buck Newton" .
The News & Observer .
Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2015 .
^ Sexton, Scott (February 17, 2015).
"Forsyth's prosecutor may emerge as contender for NC attorney general" .
Winston-Salem Journal . Retrieved June 1, 2015 .
^ Hewlett, Michael (September 15, 2015).
"Forsyth District Attorney Jim O'Neill is running for state attorney general" .
Winston-Salem Journal . Retrieved September 16, 2015 .
^ Perlmutt, David (September 3, 2015).
"Attorney George Rouco, a former CIA officer, to run against Rep. Pittenger in GOP Primary" .
The Charlotte Observer .
Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015 .
^
"NC SBE Election Contest Details" . er.ncsbe.gov .
Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021 .
^
"NC SBE Election Contest Details" . er.ncsbe.gov .
Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021 .
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