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The 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. North Carolina was one of just five states holding presidential, gubernatorial, and senatorial elections concurrently in 2020. On March 3, 2020, Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democratic former state senator Cal Cunningham won their respective primaries.[1]
Cunningham led Tillis in the polls throughout much of the campaign.[2]
In early October of 2020, it was reported that Cunningham had exchanged sexually suggestive messages with a married woman who was not his wife. Cunningham confirmed the texts were authentic and apologized for his behavior.[3][4] The woman stated that she had a consensual physical relationship with Cunningham in 2020.[5][6]
Incumbent Republican Senator Thom Tillis was re-elected to a second term. Tillis outperformed pre-election polling to win a narrow victory, successfully breaking the "one-term curse" that existed with this particular Senate seat for over thirty years; as many of Tillis's predecessors only served one term.[7][8][9] On November 10, 2020, a week after Election Day, Cunningham called Tillis to concede the race.[10] Tillis won by a margin of 1.8% over Cunningham, slightly larger than his 1.5% victory in 2014.[11][12]
- ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. North Carolina Board of Elections. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "Thom Tillis claims victory, Cal Cunningham waiting on all votes to be counted". wcnc.com. November 3, 2020.
- ^ Robertson, Gary D. (October 3, 2020). "N. Carolina Senate race upended by sexting, virus diagnosis". Associated Press.
- ^ Buck, Rebecca (October 3, 2020). "Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina confirms romantic texts with woman who isn't his wife". CNN. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ Arkin, James (October 6, 2020). "Cal Cunningham under fire after more texts revealed". Politico. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Copp, Tara; Murphy, Brian; Alexander, Ames (October 7, 2020). "After woman confirms affair, her husband calls on Cunningham to drop out of NC Senate race". News & Observer. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ "Forecasting the US elections". economist.com. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Latest Polls". fivethirtyeight.com. June 28, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Despite A Sexting Scandal, Democrat Cal Cunningham Is Favored In North Carolina's Senate Race". fivethirtyeight.com. October 15, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina". Associated Press. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Snell, Kelsey; Walsh, Deirdre (November 10, 2020). "GOP Sen. Thom Tillis Wins Reelection In North Carolina After Democrat Concedes". NPR.org. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ Fordham, Evie (November 10, 2020). "Cal Cunningham concedes to Thom Tillis in North Carolina Senate race". Fox News. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
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