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U.S. SENATE: As do all 50 states, North Carolina elects two members to the U.S. Senate. The terms for U.S. Senate seats are six years and they are elected on a staggered schedule. The seat currently held by Sen. Kay Hagan (D) was voted upon in 2008, and the seat currently held by Sen. Richard Burr (R) will be on the 2010 ballot.

U.S. HOUSE: Elections for North Carolina 13 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives take place every two years. All incumbent members have expressed their intentions to run for reelection in 2010. Currently, North Carolina’s congressional delegations is made up of eight Democrats and five Republicans.

2010 Candidate Questionnaires:

In March, the NC FreeEnterprise Foundation sent candidate questionnaires to all candidates running for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House in districts with primary opposition. We repeated the process in May for candidates in districts with only a General Election contest. The candidates’ responses to our questionnaires are available here.

1. ✦ Scanned Questionnaires: Click on the “Q” beside a candidate’s name to download and view a scanned copy of the candidate’s completed questionnaire. (If a candidate does not have a “Q” by their name, they either did not complete and return a candidate questionnaire, or they are not running in a district with primary opposition.
   

Please Note: All candidates were asked to respond to one or more open-ended questions and were invited to provide additional comments or explanations for their answers if the answer options provided did not enable them to accurately convey their positions or opinions. Please refer the the candidates’ scanned questionnaires to view responses to open-ended questions and to see additional comments.

U.S. Senate: Primary

DEMOCRAT                                             REPUBLICAN                                          THIRD PARTY

  Elaine Marshall, NC Secretary of State  Q Richard Burr, incumbent                   Q Michael Beitler, Internet radio host

  Cal Cunningham, fmr NC Senator           Eddie Burks, Asheboro Councilman

  Q Susan Harris, retired accountant         Q Brad Jones, businessman

  Ken Lewis, attorney                               

  Larry Linney, former NC Rep

  Q Marcus W. Williams, attorney

  Ann Worthy, library supervisor

U.S. House:

DEMOCRAT                                             REPUBLICAN                                          THIRD PARTY

District 1: Primary

  G.K. Butterfield, incumbent                     Ashley Woolard, insurance agent

  Q Chad Larkins, businessman                 Jerry Grimes, pastor

                                                                  Q Jim Miller

                                                                  Q John Carter, fmr Air Force/deputy sheriff

               

District 2: Primary

  Bob Etheridge, incumbent                       Renee Ellmers, nurse                               Q Tom Rose (L)

                                                                  Q Frank Deatrich, retired Marine

                                                                  Q Todd Gailas, businessman

District 3: Primary

  Johnny G. Rouse, businessman             Walter B. Jones, incumbent                       Q Darryl Holloman (L)

                                                                  Bob Cavanaugh, non-profit manager

                                                                  Q Craig Weber

District 4: Primary

  David Price, incumbent                           Q William (B.J.) Lawson, businessman, ’08 nominee

                                                                  Q George Hutchins, retired marine

                                                                  Q David Burnett, businessman

                                                                  Q Frank Roche, foreign exchange trader

District 5: Primary

  Billy Kennedy, radio host                        Virginia Foxx, incumbent                             

                                                                  Keith Gardner, businessman

District 6: Primary

  Sam Turner                                             Q Howard Coble, incumbent

                                                                  Q Cathy Brewer Hinson, businesswoman

                                                                  Jon Mangin, ended campaign

                                                                  Jeff Phillips

                                                                  Q James Taylor, anesthesiologist

                                                                  Q Billy Yow, Guilford Co. Commissioner

District 7: Primary

  Mike McIntyre, incumbent                      Ilario Gregory Pantano, fmr Marine/deputy sheriff

                                                                 Q Randy Crow

                                                                 Q Will Breazeale, pilot & Army reservist

District 8: Primary

  Larry Kissell, incumbent                         Harold Johnson, former broadcaster            Q Thomas Hill (L)

  Nancy Shakir, retired educator                 Q Tim D’Annunzio, businessman

                                                                  Q Lou Huddleston, retired Army colonel

                                                                  Q Hal Jordan, IBM executive

                                                                  Darrell Day, businessman

                                                                  Q Lee Cornelison

District 9:

  Jeff Doctor, consultant                            Q Sue Myrick (R) incumbent

District 10: Primary

  Q Jeff Gregory, retired postmaster          Q Patrick McHenry, incumbent

  Anne N. Fischer, businesswoman             David Michael Boldon

                                                                  Q Scott Keadle, dentist, Iredell Co. Commissioner

                                                                  Q Vance Patterson, businessman

District 11: Primary

  Heath Shuler, incumbent                        Q Jeff Miller, businessman

  Aixa Wilson, archeologist                         Dan Eichenbaum, ophthalmologist

                                                                 Q Ed Krause, attorney/author

                                                                 Q James (Jake) Howard, retired Military

                                                                 Q Gregory A. Newman, Hendersonville Mayor

                                                                 Kenny West, businessman

District 12: Primary

  Mel Watt, incumbent                               Greg Dority, security consultant                  Q Lon Cecil (L)

                                                                 Q Scott Cumbie

                                                                 William (Doc) Gillenwater, home builder

District 13: Primary

  Brad Miller, incumbent                           Q William (Bill) Randall, retired military

                                                                 Q Bernie Reeves, editor & publisher

                                                                 Dan Huffman, businessman

                                                                Q Frank Hurley, retired aerospace engineer

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