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This profile of North Carolina's Class III U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Richard Burr, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2016 2 Last election: 2004 3 Articles and resources

Next election: 2016

Race status [edit race status]

Incumbent:	Richard Burr
Incumbent running?	Unconfirmed. [set incumbent status with form]
Primary challenge?	Unknown. [set incumbent party with form]

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Richard Burr	Republican		Source	March 12, 2010
Eddie Burks	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 12, 2010
Heath Shuler	Democratic	Out	Source	March 9, 2009
Kenneth Lewis	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	May 6, 2009
Mike McIntyre	Democratic	Considering	Source	April 22, 2009
Elaine Marshall	Democratic	Considering	Source	July 20, 2009	Will announce her intentions in the fall
Bob Etheridge	Democratic	Considering	Source	August 19, 2009	Hopes to announce his decision in September

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
Elaine Marshall, Richard Burr	TBD

Last election: 2004

Incumbent: John Edwards

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Richard Burr	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Erskine Bowles	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Erskine Bowles, Richard Burr
General election winner:	Richard Burr

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the North Carolina congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "NC-Sen" (link)

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