Here are the NC primary elections that are headed to a May 14 run-off
Two Council of State primaries and two U.S. House primaries will be contested.
Posted — UpdatedPrimary election season in North Carolina did not end Tuesday night. For a few races, the primaries will continue for another two months.
In North Carolina if the leading candidate does not receive more than 30% of the vote, then the second-place finisher is entitled to request a run-off election.
The run-off will be May 14.
Among the races that will continue:
Lieutenant governor
Weatherman served as chief of staff for former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and former U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick. O'Neill is the Forsyth County district attorney. He was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2020 and lost by less than 14,000 votes.
State auditor
Clark is a certified public accountant and budget policy assistant for the General Assembly. Boliek is an attorney and a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill trustee.
Boliek said he would request a run-off.
"I've got supporters and people who have committed to my campaign," Boliek told WRAL on Wednesday. "I'm not going to let them down. I'm going to see this to the end."
Boliek said he spoke with Clark on Wednesday morning to let him know he'd request a run-off.
"It's a totally different race now," Boliek said.
13th Congressional District
Daughtry, the daughter of a former state legislator, is a local attorney. Knott is a former federal prosecutor.
"We're hitting the campaign trail again," Knott said in a social media post on Wednesday, indicating he would ask for a run-off.
Daughtry said she was "overwhelmed by the support" she received.
The race could be expensive. Daughtry loaned her campaign more than $2 million, while Knott loaned his $250,000. Each candidate has a PAC funded by family members that spent nearly $1 million in the campaign so far.
6th Congressional District
McDowell, a first-time candidate who was a registered lobbyist for Blue Cross Blue Shield, earned the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. McDowell is friends with Trump's son, Don Jr.
Walker represented the district in Congress from 2015 to 2021. He did not run for re-election in 2020 when the district was redrawn to favor Democrats. Walker ran for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022, finishing a distant third behind Ted Budd and Pat McCrory. Walker entered the 2024 governor's race before opting to run in his old district, which was redrawn by state lawmakers to favor Republicans.
"No question about it," Walker told WRAL on Tuesday night when asked if he'd request a run-off.
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