2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina facts for kids

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2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina
	County results; Tillis: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%; Cunningham: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
U.S. Senator before election; Thom Tillis; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator; Thom Tillis; Republican

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina. The four people in the election were Thom Tillis (Republican Party), Cal Cunningham (Democratic Party), Shannon Bray (Libertarian Party) and Kevin E. Hayes (Constitution Party). Tillis won the election against Cunningham but many people thought that Cunningham would win.

There was two primary elections for the Democrat and Republican parties. Four people were in the Republican primary election and five people were in the Democratic primary. Thom Tillis won the Republican primary and Cal Cunningham won the Democratic primary.

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thom Tillis (incumbent)	608,943	78.08%
	Republican	Paul Wright	58,908	7.55%
	Republican	Larry Holmquist	57,356	7.35%
	Republican	Sharon Y. Hudson	54,651	7.01%
Total votes			779,858	100.00%

Democratic Party primary

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Cal Cunningham	717,941	56.93%
	Democrat	Erica D. Smith	438,969	34.81%
	Democrat	Trevor M. Fuller	48,168	3.82%
	Democrat	Steve Swenson	33,741	2.68%
	Democrat	Atul Goel	22,226	1.76%
Total votes			1,261,045	100.00%

Results

2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thom Tillis (incumbent)	2,665,598	48.69%	-0.13%
	Democrat	Cal Cunningham	2,569,965	46.94%	-0.32%
	Libertarian	Shannon Bray	171,571	3.13%	-0.61%
	Constitution	Kevin E. Hayes	67,818	1.24%	N/A
Total votes			5,474,952	100.0%
	Republican hold