Second Primary

Last Tuesday was the official canvass of the North Carolina 2012 primary election. Candidates eligible to request a second primary election when the leading candidate received less than 40% of the vote, or candidates eligible to request a recount, had to submit their requests by lat Friday.

The second primary is scheduled for July 17. Here are the contests for which there will be a second primary or a recount:

Pursuant to GS 163-111 the following candidates have requested a 2nd Primary to be held on July 17, 2012: (Deadline for 2nd Primary requests is 05/17/2012 at 12 noon.)
Candidate Name - Office (date request received)
Scott Keadle - US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 8 - REP (05/10/2012)
Jim Pendergraph - US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 9 - REP (05/14/2012)
Vance Patterson - US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 11 - REP (05/11/2012)
Tony Gurley - NC LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - REP (05/11/2012)*
Mike Causey - NC COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE - REP (05/15/2012)*
Marlowe Foster - NC COMMISSIONER OF LABOR - DEM (05/14/2012)*
Kenn Gardner - NC SECRETARY OF STATE - REP (05/14/2012)*
Richard Alexander - NC SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION - REP (05/10/2012)*
Ronald Rabin - NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 12 - REP (05/14/2012)
Robert B. Clark III - NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 21 - DEM (05/09/2012)
David Curtis - NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 44 - REP (05/14/2012)
Arthur Williams - NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 6 - REP (05/14/2012)
Jim Crawford - NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 32 - DEM (05/17/2012)
Wil Neumann - NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 109 - REP (05/10/2012)

Pursuant to GS 163-182.7 the following candidates have requested a recount:
Larry Shaw - NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 21 - DEM (05/16/2012)
Stephen LaRoque - NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 10 - REP (05/16/2012)
Richard Johnson - NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 55 - REP (05/09/2012)
Danny E. Davis - NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 119 - DEM (05/16/2012)

* Contests in second primary in Pamlico County: (1 Dem and 4 Rep)