On March 8, filing closed for the North Carolina special election, U.S. House, district three. Candidates from four parties filed: 17 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 2 Libertarians, and one Constitution Party member. Here is the list.
The Constitution Party nominates by convention; the other parties by primary. The primary will be April 30. If any primary results in no one winning at least 30%, there will be a run-off primary on July 9.
North Carolina does not conduct a primary for a party if only one candidate files. If I understand correctly, new parties skip the primary only for the first general election after qualification. This is presumably to recognize that qualification might occur after the filing deadline for the primary. There won’t be a Constitution primary, but that is only because only one candidate filed.
Walter Jones, Jr. Had been in Congress 26 years, and his father 26 years before that (though there was not a direct succession). So the number of candidates may reflect pent up demand. Jones did have two Republican challengers in 2018, and one has filed for the special election.
A drawing was held for ballot order. They drew the letter ‘z’, and flipped a coin to determine the alphabet will be in reverse order. So the last shall be first, and the first last. Jim Riley
Correct. Constitution Party (and Green Party) only nominated by convention in 2018. They are under the primary law — but no Green filed and since only one Constiution Party candidate filed there is no primary. Also, unaffiliated candidate filing deadline is April 30 with 7,551 voter signatures required
I haven’t looked it up… is this district remotely competitive?
https://transition.fec.gov/general/FederalElections2016.shtml
ALL THE 2016 USA REGIME MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER STATS
— FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE AND BE VERY, VERY, VERY AFRAID/TERRORIZED.
NOV. 2018 DATA PENDING — PERHAPS JULY 2019 ???