2020 primary election winners

Posted on by Daniel Walton

The results below include all offices on the primary ballot for Buncombe County and Henderson County’s N.C. House District 117. Party abbreviations are as follows: C, Constitution; D, Democratic; G, Green; L, Libertarian; R, Republican. Asheville City Council is a nonpartisan race. Incumbents are indicated using an asterisk.

Asheville City Council

  • Sage Turner
  • Keith Young*
  • Kim Roney
  • Rich Lee
  • Nicole Townsend
  • Sandra Kilgore

Buncombe County Board of Commissioners

  • District 1 (D) – Terry Wells
  • District 2 (R) – Anthony Penland
  • District 3 (D) – Parker Sloan

N.C. General Assembly

  • House District 117 (D) – Josh Remillard
  • House District 117 (R) – Tim Moffitt
  • Senate District 48 (D) – Brian Caskey
  • Senate District 49 (D) – Julie Mayfield

N.C. Attorney General

  • Jim O’Neill (R)

N.C. Auditor

  • Beth Wood (D)*
  • Anthony Wayne (Tony) Street (R)

N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture

  • Jenna Wadsworth (D)

N.C. Commissioner of Insurance

  • Mike Causey (R)*

N.C. Commissioner of Labor

  • Josh Dobson (R)

N.C. Secretary of State

  • E.C. Sykes (R)

N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction

  • Jen Mangrum (D)
  • Catherine Truitt (R)

N.C. Treasurer

  • Ronnie Chatterji (D)

N.C. Lieutenant Governor

  • Yvonne Lewis Holley, Terry Van Duyn (D, potential runoff)
  • Mark Robinson (R)

N.C. Governor

  • Roy Cooper (D)*
  • Dan Forest (R)*

U.S. House of Representatives District 11

  • Lynda Bennett, Madison Cawthorn (R, runoff)
  • Moe Davis (D)

U.S. Senate

  • Cal Cunningham (D)
  • Thom Tillis (R)*

U.S. President

  • Don Blankenship (C)
  • Joe Biden (D)
  • Howie Hawkins (G)
  • Jacob Hornberger (L)
  • Donald Trump (R)*
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About Daniel Walton
Daniel Walton is the former news editor of Mountain Xpress. His work has also appeared in Sierra, The Guardian, and Civil Eats, among other national and regional publications. Follow me @DanielWWalton
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